DAA Board

The Gift of Good Governance

As part of our governance structure, DAA has a board which meets at least five times a year. As outlined in the UAE National Agenda, a major initiative for all UAE schools is to build strong school governance to help create a national education sector with enduring and consistent quality, as we work together. 

Our Board Members

Amr Albialy, Board Chair and Governor of Safeguarding   

Amr Albialy has played a prominent role in shaping governance standards across Dubai’s education sector, contributing to KHDA’s Book of Good Governance, the Governors Initiative, and the design of KHDA’s governor-training program. Professionally, Amr is the Managing Director, Head of EMEA and North America Institutional a.i. at Robeco, and the Chief Executive Officer of Robeco Middle East & Central Asia. He in charge of the firm’s institutional business across Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, and North America—leading senior teams and overseeing the management, strategic, commercial, and operational decisions that drive growth in these key global markets. He is also one of the founding members of Robeco’s Indices Business. Robeco is a global asset management firm founded in 1929 in Rotterdam, Netherlands with 15 offices worldwide and manages €220 billion in assets. With more than 26 years of experience at financial institutions including HSBC, Deutsche Bank, and Emirates NBD, Amr is recognized for advising major institutional investors on strategic asset allocation, investment solutions, and investment-policy design across the Middle East & Central Asia. 

Faizal Hasham M.Sc. MBA, P.Eng., Parent

Faizal Hasham is an air quality consultant, and is the General Manager of AQM LLC, a UAE based lifestyle products company.  He provides strategic planning and engineering consulting services, and has over 20 years of work experience in environmental engineering, geographic information systems (GIS), construction management, and e-commerce in Canada and the UAE.
Faizal completed his Masters degree in Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta, Canada, and his MBA from Queen's University, Canada.  He and his wife have 3 sons, aged 12, 10, and 1, with the older 2 currently attending DAA.  He has a passion for voluntary work, and has served on various boards including FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance Canada and the OMS Montessori Canada.

Student representatives from Student Council and SEND 

Functions of the Board

The Board works to understand and uphold GEMS and DAA’s vision and values, monitor, advise and support the school on matters of strategy and policy, assist with monitoring the school’s standards and performance, and support the school and the Superintendent by providing counsel. The members are experienced and skilled individuals from diverse backgrounds. Our Local Advisory Board holds the important role at DAA of overseeing the achievement of the school’s strategic aims and objectives, greatly improving the school’s performance. The LAB is not involved in financial matters, the appointing of staff, the day-to-day operations of the school, admissions, nor individual issues. The LAB assists with monitoring the activity and performance of the school by supporting the school’s senior leaders to be fully accountable for DAA’s outcomes. Working in partnership with the school, the Local Advisory Board actively collaborates, engages and challenges the school through constructive dialogue. Last spring, our LAB was selected by KHDA to participate in the production of a Governance video to be shared throughout Dubai Schools. Please take time to view this work as we were honored to have been part of this work that will benefit all schools. You can watch the KHDA video above.

 

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