She started her career as an
account executive of BDDP, an advertising agency in
Barcelona, Spain from 1995 to 1996. She also worked as
Front Desk Manager of Ascott Hotel, London from 1996 to 1997. Her first journalist career started when she became a featured writer and journalist in
New Straits Times from 2001 to 2003, writing in Life and Times section. She is also the Editor-in-chief of Malaysian Association France from 2005 to 2007. From 2005 until 2009, she worked as International Corporate Communications Manager at
L'Oréal Paris, in France. There, she spearheaded communication policies in sustainable development, Human Resources, media training of Management Committee, and was a key member if crisis management. She became a columnist on
The Edge (Malaysia) from 2009 to 2010. She shifted her career focus in 2009 when she became the joint
managing director, with her husband, to Originalo Sdn Bhd from 2009 until 2014. She is also the chairman and CEO of Light Cibles Malaysia, an international lighting design consultancy firm since 2011. Some of her projects include Kuala Lumpur Lighting Master Plan and development of
Four Seasons Place Kuala Lumpur, PJ Sentral Garden City and
Iskandar Malaysia. Zatashah is also an independent
non-executive director of Kim teck Cheong Holdings Berhad, a Sabah-based Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) distribution company since December 2014. She is currently independent non-executive director of InNature Berhad, a leading regional cosmetics retailer that comprises The Body Shop Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia. She launched the
Selangor Symphony Orchestra with
Eugene Pook, a
maestro, in 2015 and became its royal patron. She became a Foundation board member of her alma mater, Alice Smith School in January 2019. ==Personal life==