Garrett is an investor and a member of various Boards specialising in financial services, technology and real estate.
He is currently an Independent Non Executive Director at Santander Asset Management (Madrid) and a Board member of Columbus Circle Capital Corp II, a special purpose acquisition company listed on Nasdaq.
He is Chairman of the Queen’s University Belfast ("QUB") Foundation Board and a Fellow Commoner of St Catharine's College, Cambridge University.
Recent roles include Independent Non Executive Director at Santander Bank UK (London); Independent Non Executive Director at Columbus Capital Corp I, Board member of EQCapital SL (Madrid); Independent Non Executive Director at Spanish "Build-to-Rent" developer, Bext Space Holding SL (Madrid); Independent Non Executive Director at listed insurance group Argus Group Holdings (Bermuda); Board Member and shareholder of developer and owner of the W Hotel, Verbier, Les Trois Rocs SA, (Verbier, Switzerland); independent Senior Advisor to the Investment Committee at Apollo-owned insurance company, Catalina Holdings Ltd (Bermuda/London).
Garrett previously spent 22 years in investment banking in a variety of positions in London and New York, spending the last 9 years at Credit Suisse. He was CEO of Credit Suisse in the UK and the bank’s Chief Client Officer in EMEA, whilst also managing and supervising their Global Markets EMEA client business within the IB, with responsibilities spanning strategy, capital allocation, operational management, supervision, culture and senior client relationships. He frequently represented the bank in public forums and conferences, (World Economic Forum, Eurofi, The Economist Future of Banking summit) and was a Board member of Credit Suisse UK Ltd.
Garrett holds an MA in Law from Cambridge University and Diploma in "Estudios Hispánicos" from the University of Navarre.