JENNY GARRETT OBE
DEFINING LEADERSHIP FOR A WORLD THAT'S ALREADY CHANGED.

WHAT JENNY DOES
Develops people. At the levels that create change. For organisations ready to invest.
Jenny founded Jenny Garrett Global in 2006 with a simple belief: everyone deserves the opportunity to lead, regardless of their background.
Twenty years later, she and her team have proven it works.
When minoritised talent hits glass ceilings and the system is the problem-that’s when the Tri-Level™ approach works.
Develop the talent, their managers, and senior sponsors-all three levels, simultaneously.
35%+ promoted during the programme. Not five years later. During.
When the challenge is different-board-level strategy, manager capability, organisation-wide transformation-she designs what solves it.
Multi-year partnerships. We don’t deliver programmes and leave. Our team partners with HR and Talent leaders until change sticks.
Three capabilities. Inclusive Leadership (Tri-Level™ for glass ceiling challenges, plus other inclusive leadership solutions). Entrepreneurial Leadership (co-created for what drives innovation). AI-Ready Leadership (co-created for what drives AI adoption).
Not three separate services. Three integrated ways she develops leaders.
JENNY'S EXPERTISE
Inclusive Leadership Pioneer
Founder of the UK’s first and only Diverse Executive Coach Directory – shining a light on senior-level coaches from Black, Asian, and minoritised ethnic backgrounds.
Designer of the Tri-Level™ approach: When minoritised talent is stuck and the system needs changing, develop all three levels simultaneously. 35%+ promotion rates. 98% recommendation. 20 years proven.
Author of Equality vs Equity – tackling race in the workplace with clarity and purpose.
Her work doesn’t just talk about inclusion. It creates it.


JENNY'S EXPERTISE
Empowering Women Who Lead
Champion of working women, particularly female breadwinners.
Author of Rocking Your Role – support for women rewriting the rules.
Jenny believes that when women thrive, we all do. Fairness and empowerment are at the heart of everything she does.
She hasn’t been afraid to be vulnerable – sharing her experience as a female breadwinner has enabled other women to do the same, bringing an important conversation into the open.
JENNY'S EXPERTISE
Leading the AI Revolution Fairly
Co-host of AI For Equity podcast with her daughter Leah Garrett – exploring how organisations can adopt AI in ways that amplify human potential, not replace it.
Ensuring no one – especially diverse talent – gets left behind in technological transformation.
Jenny’s approach: AI-ready leadership isn’t about technology. It’s about developing people who can shape it.

Working Across Leadership Levels
Jenny’s work spans six continents – from Australia to Botswana, the US to Mexico.
But her greatest impact isn’t one leader at a time. It’s developing people at the levels that create change – and building the team that can deliver it at scale
When it’s a glass ceiling problem:
Tri-Level™: Minoritised talent + their managers + senior sponsors. All three levels simultaneously. 35%+ promoted during the programme.
When it’s board-level strategy:
AI governance, innovation culture, inclusive leadership at the strategic level.
When it’s manager capability:
Sponsorship development, inclusive management, empowerment programmes.
When it’s organisation-wide:
Culture transformation, AI adoption, entrepreneurial thinking across levels.
She designs what solves the problem. Not what she prefers to deliver.
She partners with HR and Talent leaders at organisations like B&Q, Lloyds Banking Group, NHS Leadership Academy, National Grid, Parliament, Citizens Advice-developing people who create change.
IMPACT & REACH
122 million people reached through thought leadership, speaking, and published work.
Two TEDx Talks:
- Choose Joy Over Gender
- Ditch the Mask and Don the Cape
Regular media commentator: Sky News, LBC Radio, BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio London, The Telegraph.
International Women’s Day featured speaker.
Clients include: B&Q Lloyds Banking Group, MasterCard, Ernst & Young, NHS, National Grid, Nationwide, Parliament, National Gas, Citizens Advice.
Jenny doesn’t recycle old ideas. She shapes what’s next.
GIVING BACK
Rocking Ur Teens
Co-founder of this social enterprise dedicated to equipping young people with the confidence and skills future leaders need.
Over 3,000 students supported.
Up Projects
Trustee of this sector leading public arts organisation, contributing leadership expertise to advancing accessible and impactful public art.
We develop people. Starting with those who need it most.
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
OBE – Queen’s New Year Honours 2021 for services to Entrepreneurship and Women in Business
Diversity Powerlist Award
Training Initiative of Year Award
Freeman of the Company of Entrepreneurs – City of London
Business Book of the Year Award
Member of the Company of HR Professionals
Brummell Magazine’s Top 30 City Innovators
Companion – Institute of Leadership and Management’s highest honorary award for advancing the practice of leadership and management for public benefit
QUALIFICATIONS
MIT – AI Leadership and Strategy
Master’s in Management Learning & Leadership
Post Graduate Certificate in Coaching
BA (Hons) in Business
Jenny studied part-time for five years whilst working full-time to achieve her degree, then completed her Master’s part-time while running her business and raising her young daughter.
Hard work. Tenacity. Optimism.
JENNY'S JOURNEY
From council estate to the Queen's Honours List.
Jenny grew up in Northwest London on a council estate, raised by a teenage mother. She surpassed expectations through tenacity, hard work, and optimism.
Due to financial constraints, she worked full-time while studying part-time for her business degree-then completed her Master’s whilst running her business and raising her daughter.
Her husband has been an invaluable support and unsung hero in her success, enabling her to shine.
Jenny knows what it takes to break through barriers. That’s why organisations trust her to help break theirs.

EXPLORE JENNY'S WORK
Books
- Support for female breadwinners navigating work and family
- Tackling race in the workplacewith clarity and purpose
Podcast
- Co-hosted with daughter Leah Garrett - exploring how organisations can adopt AI in ways that amplify human potential, not replace it.
Initiatives
- The UK's first and only - shining a light on senior-level coaches from Black, Asian, and minoritised ethnic backgrounds.
- Social enterprise equipping young people with the confidence and skills future leaders need.
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WORK WITH JENNY
Executive briefings. Board advisory. Multi-year partnerships.
Jenny Garrett Global works with 10-15 organisations at a time. Because co-creating the right solution takes time, expertise, and deep partnership.
When glass ceilings need shattering-that’s Tri-Level™.
Our team develops minoritised talent, their managers, and senior sponsors simultaneously. 35%+ promoted during the programme. 20 years proven
When the challenge is different-board-level strategy, manager capability, organisation-wide transformation – we design what solves it.
Whatever your challenge, let’s talk.

Jenny Garrett OBE | CEO, Jenny Garrett Global
Defining Leadership for a World That’s Already Changed
