PTA Committee

An MBA by qualification, Mehroo worked in the corporate world before she decided to quit her job to become a full-time mother. A certified ICF-PCC Coach, she specialises in career and business coaching. She also runs a community of women entrepreneurs and organises family-friendly events and bazaars.

An ESF mum throughout, her older son graduated in 2022 from WIS and her younger son is in Year 11. From being a parent class representative, to doing the school run, to volunteering at school, Mehroo has always been a complete ‘hands-on’ mum.

Mehroo joined WIS PTA Committee in 2017 and has also been playing an active role as PTA Chair since 2022. She looks forward to connecting with other parents and creating a warm and inclusive parent community in WIS.

Irene has a Ph.D. in Engineering and had been working in research labs and consulting firms before relocating to Hong Kong. She has always been an active member of school PTAs, organizing class and school events, hosting Lunar New Year celebrations. Irene and her family joined the WIS community in January 2021, with two kids studying at WIS. Irene became a WIS PTA committee member in January 2022.

She looks forward to helping and contributing to WIS PTA’s efforts in making WIS an even more welcoming and inclusive place for all the students and their families. (check about her role on school committee, VC)

Born and brought up in culturally rich India, Saman has been living outside her hometown for almost 20 years. An MBA qualification holder, she had a short stint with a job at an Advertising agency making ads for “Coca-Cola” and “Times of India”.

Spending the most wonderful seven years of her life in Seoul, Korea, Saman moved to Hong Kong in 2008

A mother of three, she has two recent graduates from West Island School both who are now at HKU and her third child in Year 9. Having been part of the ESF as a parent for 16 years, Saman feels like a part of the WIS family.

Saman joined WIS PTA in 2016 and has been a part of many PTA events and field trips during her ESF journey. She was also on the PTA committee of Bradbury School for 3 years!

“Passionate about writing and baking, I love spending time with my children whether it’s just chatting casually with them or hearing out their big ideas to make the world a better place.”

Jameson (”Jami”) Gong is a Chinese American, born and raised in New York City’s Chinatown. Throughout Jami’s life, he always possessed the gift to make people laugh. Jami joined the ESF community in the year 2022 . His son is in year 8 . He is a Professional standup comedian and founder of TakeOut Comedy Club, the first full time Comedy Club in Asia. He is a Public speaking coach specializing in standup comedy and improv skills

He is a Licensed HK Tour guide. He is the 2004 Olympic Torchbearer.

He believes that laughter soothes the soul, and unites people of all ages, race, gender, and religion.

Born and brought up in India, Neha has recently moved to HongKong in 2022. She is a parent member and mother of a year 8 student. She believes it is important to contribute to the school community through parent volunteer work. Neha has done her masters in social work and worked with different non profit organizations before moving to Hong Kong in 2022. Her hobbies include reading, yoga and hiking.

Miki Graca joined the ESF community more than 12 years ago and her two are at WIS now. She likes reading, cooking and serving the community. Miki graduated from HKU with a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters of Social Sciences, as well as studying Chinese literature and education at the University of Beijing. She has always had a great interest in education, and she wants to help young people to be able to demonstrate their strengths and abilities.

My name is Vicki Hallatt. I held a position as a Deputy Head at The British School in The Netherlands in AY23/24 and I was Interim Head a year before that. I am a mother to two small children (aged one and three), I have a husband who is British but was born in Hong Kong and I have lived internationally for the last seventeen years in The Netherlands, Dubai, Luxembourg and Bermuda. At various stages of my career, I have taught History, Global Politics and TOK. In addition, I have been DP and CP coordinator and had a number of academic and pastoral roles including being Head of Upper School whilst I was in Dubai. I like to continually learn and develop myself and I presented at the IB conference in Europe this year on inquiry in the curriculum. I spent three years working with Project Zero at Harvard Graduate School of Education whilst I was in Dubai on an action research project into critical thinking. I am currently undertaking my NPQH and I have a Master in Education

Emma Goodwin is a teacher of languages and Theory of Knowledge and also Head of Year 10. She is originally from Leicester in the UK. This is her 11th year at West Island school after living and teaching previously in the UK, Egypt, Japan and Vietnam. She is also a WIS parent; her daughter graduated in June this year and her son is in Year 12 currently. When she is not at work, she loves enjoying the Hong Kong hills and sampling the varied cuisine in Hong Kong.

Fiona joined as the only PTA Administrator in October 2021 during the Covid pandemic. She has been living in HK from 2017 this time and also lived in HK before, graduating with an MSc from HKU IN 2007. Her first child joined WIS in 2018 and she was already volunteering at PTA events before the pandemic. Her second child joined in Year 7 in 2019. Fiona is an experienced project, programme, contract and events manager with experience that covers both large budget multi-national organizations right down to small focused companies / NGOs. She is a trained Nia dance instructor, enjoys Pilates and singing in an African choir.

Pooja relocated to HongKong from India in 2020 and joined the ESF parent community at Kennedy School. She joined as a PTA Administrator at WIS in 2023.

In the past, Pooja has experience of working with finance and investment firms in the capacity of Human Resource and Learning and Development. She is a post graduate in human resource and believes in upgrading her professional skills by regular short courses and certifications. Pooja is a Corporate Trainer (Behavioral skills) and is associated with organizations as a freelancer.

In her free time, she loves to explore HongKong, socialize with friends and indulge in cooking new cuisine along with listening to music.