Professor R "Bob" Garratt was installed as the fifteenth Master of the Worshipful Company of Management Consultants on 15 October 2009 at a dinner at Skinners' Hall, London.

Professor Garratt has an international practice, working with his wife Sally, on board development and appraisal, corporate governance, strategic thinking and organisational learning and change.  He is a Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, London, and Professor Extraordinaire at the University of Stellenbosch Business School where he is Chairman of the Unit for Corporate Governance in Africa.

He helped create the first EEC-Chinese MBA Programme in Beijing in 1984, the ASEAN-EU Management Centre in Brunei Darussalam in 1992, and the Commonwealth Association for Corporate Governance in 1996.  He has worked in the private and public sectors in many countries, especially in Australasia and Africa and worked at international level with the International Monetary Fund in Washington, the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority, and the Public Investment Corporation of South Africa.

His books include The Fish Rots From The Head:  The Crisis In Our Boardrooms;  Thin On Top:  Why Corporate Governance Matters; The Learning Organisation; and Twelve Organisational Capabilities.