About
ZLH Careers is a Caribbean-based consulting agency with international reach, working at the intersection of people, businesses, and the enabling environments they operate in. We support individual professionals and entrepreneurs to steward evolving professional portfolios, work with growth-oriented companies to strengthen strategy and growth readiness, and collaborate with institutions to develop and manage programmes that build capacity, foster collaboration, and support ecosystem development.
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While ZLH formally launched in 2018 in Kingston, Jamaica, the work it does today draws on earlier professional experience across institutional, policy, and development environments. Across our work, we bring together learning, strategy, and real-world execution to help clients move from ambition to grounded action, with clarity about where they are, where they’re headed, and how to move forward.
Our Philosophy
At ZLH, we understand a person’s professional life as more than a job title or a single role. It is a portfolio of experiences, skills, relationships, and contributions that evolves over time. People do not move through linear careers; they navigate transitions, build layered identities, and operate across personal, professional, and community contexts.
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In the same way, organisations do not build capacity through strategy alone. Capacity is strengthened when strategy is grounded in people, structures, and the realities of the environments in which organisations operate. ZLH’s work sits in this space, helping individuals steward their professional portfolios, supporting companies to bring coherence across ambition and execution, and working with institutions to create learning environments that build collective capability.
Our Core Values
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ZLH Careers celebrates the diverse and vibrant tapestry of cultures across the Caribbean, weaving together our ancestral heritage with contemporary realities in the region. Through captivating vlogs, interactive cultural events, and immersive knowledge exchange programmes, we ignite a sense of belonging and connection to our heritage, promoting a unified Caribbean society and economy through cultural exchange and strategic partnerships.
About ZLH
ZLH Careers was founded to bridge the gap between talent, opportunity, and the systems that shape how people and organisations grow. At the heart of our work is connection — between internal strategy and external realities, between where organisations are now and where they want to go next.
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ZLH brings together global exposure with local grounding. Our work draws on experience across public institutions, private companies, and development organisations, translating between different professional cultures, stakeholder expectations, and decision-making environments. This allows us to help clients navigate complexity — whether aligning teams around strategy, positioning a business for new markets or financing, or convening diverse stakeholders around shared objectives.
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Many organisations are capable and ambitious. What is often missing is not intelligence or intent, but the space and structure to hold strategy, execution, and change together. ZLH exists to hold that space — providing structured thinking, practical support, and continuity as clients move from plans to action.
Today, ZLH works across three interconnected levels: individual professionals and entrepreneurs, growth-oriented companies, and institutions shaping enabling environments. The practice brings together professional portfolio coaching, strategic business growth consulting, and the development and management of public and social programmes across the Caribbean and internationally.
About the Founder
Zahra Leigh Henry is the Founder and Director of ZLH Careers. She is a multilingual, interdisciplinary development and management professional with experience spanning education, cultural and creative industries, business development, and organisational growth.
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Zahra holds a BA in International Development Studies from McGill University, an MSc in International Social and Public Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership. Her academic work includes peer-reviewed, published research on education reform in the Caribbean, grounding ZLH’s practice in rigorous analysis and applied policy thinking.
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Her professional experience bridges public, private, and social sectors. Zahra has worked with government agencies in Jamaica, cultural and educational institutions, international organisations, and private companies on stakeholder engagement, programme leadership, and organisational capacity-building. She has also collaborated with education technology firms and facilitated leadership and learning spaces for professionals across regions.
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Having lived and worked across the Caribbean, North America, Europe, and beyond, Zahra brings a global perspective paired with local relevance to her work. Fluent in English, French, and Spanish, she often works across linguistic and cultural boundaries, helping organisations navigate the space between internal realities and external expectations. This perspective underpins ZLH’s role as a bridge-builder between people, organisations, and the broader ecosystems they operate within.