Garth Ritchie has over 25 years’ of experience in financial markets across the globe. He joined Centricus in June 2020 and leads the firm's Capital Markets and Advisory business.

Previously, he was President of Deutsche Bank and Head of the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB).

Garth joined Deutsche Bank in 1996 as an associate in the bank’s Johannesburg office, and went on to hold senior management positions across the investment bank. He became a member of the Global Markets Executive Committee in 2009 as Head of Equities and held a range of leadership positions across the division. In January 2016, he was appointed to the Management Board with responsibility for the bank’s Markets division. In 2017, he became Co-Head of the newly created CIB. One year later he became its sole Head and was appointed as President.

He serves on the Board of Directors of Callsign and Arqit Quantum.

Garth holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Port Elizabeth in South Africa.