SCHOOL BOARD
Windhoek International School is a Section 21 (not-for-profit) company registered in Namibia. It is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors numbering not fewer than 7 and not more than 12. Some Board Members are elected by parents and others are appointed directly by the Board itself. The Board also includes a member of staff elected by his/her peers with full voting rights.
Board Members serve two-year terms but may be re-elected or re-appointed. The Educational Director, Primary Principal and Secondary Principal attend Board meetings as ex officio members.
The 2024 Term Board members
Michèle Wium
Chair
Welda Mouton*
Member
John Steytler*
Member
Derrek Berkompas
Middle School Principal
Ex-officio
Natasha Tjongarero*
Vice-Chair
Hannah Lewis Winter*
Member
Francis Wolf*
Member
Maggie Reiff
Secondary Principal
Ex-officio
Edmund Nel*
Treasurer
Liliane Hudspeth*
US Embassy Appointed
Ethan Van Drunen
Director
Ex-officio
Rui Afonso*
Member
Urte Dorgeloh
Staff. Rep
Marcelle van Leenen
Primary Principal
Ex-officio
* Current WIS parent.
For any inquiries, please contact the Chair of the Board