About Zest Experience

A leadership, learning and organisational development consultancy.

We help organisations in Pakistan, the UAE and internationally build the capability of their people, through consultative design, experiential facilitation and learning that carries into everyday work.

Talk to us What we do

KarachiDubaiPakistan · UAE · International

Zain Goplani facilitating a Leadership Commitment Charter session with a leadership team

Zain Goplani leaning in to engage participants during a group discussion

Our story

Built to close the gap between the training room and the workplace.

Too much corporate training ends at the classroom door. People enjoy the day, then return to work largely unchanged.

Zest Experience was founded by Zain Goplani, a Karachi-born facilitator, to do things differently. We start with what an organisation needs its people to do better, then design experiences that make that change more likely: practical, participative and grounded in real work.

Today we work from Karachi and Dubai with organisations in Pakistan, the UAE and beyond, including Saudi Arabia.

Banking & finance
Manufacturing
Healthcare
Automotive
FMCG & retail
Technology
Hospitality
Energy
Non-profit

How we are different

Not a conventional training provider.

What clients notice when they work with Zest.

Business first

We start with the problem, not a course list

Every engagement begins with the performance need. The programme is designed to answer it.

Context

We design for the room

Examples, scenarios and language come from your sector, your culture and your people's work.

Participation

Participants do the work

People learn by discovering, practising and reflecting, not by sitting through slides.

Application

We plan for Monday morning

Every session ends with commitments and tools people can use straight away.

Reinforcement

We stay for what happens next

Action plans, follow-ups and reinforcement where the engagement allows.

Accountability

One team from brief to follow-up

The people who design your intervention are the people who facilitate it.

Our philosophy

People learn most when they discover it for themselves, in a setting that feels like their real work.

Experiential learning

People learn most deeply through experience: doing, reflecting and making sense of it together.

Participant-led discovery

We design for insight that participants reach themselves, so it is owned rather than borrowed.

Contextualised solutions

No two organisations are the same. Every intervention is shaped to its audience, sector and culture.

Meaningful workplace application

Success is measured at work, not in the room. Everything we design points towards application.

Zest in action

What our philosophy looks like in the room.

Teams briefed before an experiential learning activity — Experiential activities

Winning team holding their award after a team-based sales simulation, with the activity brief and team scores in the background — Team challenges and simulations

Programme cohort gathered outdoors after a team development day — Cohorts and learning journeys

Our approach

Consulting, design, facilitation and reinforcement, held together.

Most providers do one of these well. Our clients value having all four in one accountable team.

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Consulting
We listen first: to sponsors, stakeholders and, where possible, participants, to understand the context and the change required.
02
Programme design
We design the intervention around your audience and objectives: format, flow, activities, tools and materials.
03
Facilitation
Experienced facilitators lead engaging, participative sessions in person across Pakistan, the UAE and internationally.
04
Reinforcement
We help learning stick through action plans, follow-ups and reinforcement where the engagement allows.

Explore our capability areas

Our work

Trusted with work that matters.

A selection of named client engagements.

FAYSAL BANK · CONSUMER FINANCE

Beyond training: building professional capability and leadership behaviours

A structured journey of pre-training observation, experiential workshops and post-training workplace observation and coaching, plus a leadership intervention for high-potential employees.

Communication & Professional EffectivenessRead the case study

VTTI · KARACHI HYDROCARBON TERMINAL

BEYOND 2026: from conversation to commitment

A two-day leadership strategy retreat that moved a leadership team towards shared priorities and a written Leadership Commitment Charter.

Strategy, Culture & Organisational AlignmentRead the case study

NIBD Hospital team with Zest Experience facilitators

NIBD HOSPITAL · HEALTHCARE · ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Redefining vision, mission, values, competencies and behaviours

A structured two-day engagement with hospital leadership to review, redefine and rewrite the organisation's vision, mission, values, competencies and behaviours.

Strategy, Culture & Organisational AlignmentRead the case study

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Our people

The people behind the experience.

A small, senior team. The people who design your intervention are the people who facilitate it.

Founder & Lead Facilitator

Zain Goplani

Learning & Organisational Development Consultant

“Learning becomes valuable when it changes how people think, behave, and perform.”

With over 15 years of experience, Zain Goplani is a learning and organisational development consultant specialising in leadership, behavioural development, and organisational capability building. Having worked with 100+ organisations and engaged 100,000+ professionals, he combines international exposure, strategic insight, and experiential facilitation to help organisations translate learning into meaningful workplace action.

Leadership & Management Development
Organisational Development
Learning Strategy & Capability Building
Communication & Influence

MSc Human Resource Management (Learning & Organisational Development), La Trobe University · CPDT™ · Certified Professional Trainer, IAPPD Global (UK)

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Learning Facilitator

Talib Mirza

Leadership & Professional Development

“Learn, Lead, Succeed.”

Talib Mirza is an engaging learning facilitator specialising in communication, leadership, emotional intelligence, and professional effectiveness. With experience across corporate, academic, and community environments, he combines storytelling, simulations, and experiential learning to help participants develop confidence, strengthen capabilities, and achieve meaningful personal and professional growth.