Tunku Dara Naquiah has been a founding member of the Board of Trustees since 1988 and is the Chairman of KTJ's External Relations Committee. She also teaches social etiquette and protocol to KTJ students. She is currently a Director of Syarikat Pesaka Antah and Syarikat Pendidikan Staffield Bhd and the Chairman of Munaq Holdings Sdn Bhd. She is also actively involved in the Kuala Lumpur Speakers Club, which she helped found in 1970 and is the current President. Since 1980, Tunku Dara Naquiah has run Ecole de Belle Jeunesse, a pioneering finishing school in Malaysia. Through the school, she shares the benefit of her experience in personal development areas such as etiquette, protocol, formal dining, public speaking and personal grooming enabling her students to build confidence, poise as well as communication and social skills. Tunku Dara Naquiah is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Tuanku Najihah Foundation as well as the Tuanku Ja’afar Educational Trust. She is Chairman of the English Speaking Union Malaysia and Patron of the Dance Society of Malaysia. She is also a consultant for Malaysia Tatler magazine. Tunku Dara Naquiah holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics/Political Science from the American University in Cairo. She also received a distinction for her Diploma in Public Relations from the Malaysian Institute of Public Relations.