Brooks is Head of International and Member of the Management Committee at iCapital, based in Zurich. He is responsible for the firm’s business and growth strategy outside the United States, with a focus on EMEA, APAC, LATAM and Canada markets.
Prior to joining iCapital, he served as Managing Director and Senior Vice President International at Ripple. Before that, he was Chief Business Officer International for Uber, responsible for business development and the firm’s relationships across Asia Pacific, EMEA, and Latin America.
With nearly three decades of overseas experience across Singapore, Mumbai and Hong Kong, Brooks spent 25 years in global financial services before working for a decade as a technology operating executive. He served as CEO of Everstone Capital, a leading India and Southeast Asia private equity and real estate investment firm. Prior to joining Everstone, he was Chairman of Goldman Sachs Southeast Asia as well as CEO of Goldman Sachs Singapore. Before that, he spent five years in Mumbai as CEO and Founder of Goldman Sachs India, where he was responsible for leading and building the firm across all divisions. He also served as the Founder & Co-Head of Goldman Sachs Asia’s High Technology Group. Earlier in his career, Brooks served as a District Electoral Supervisor with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC).
Brooks holds a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He currently serves on the Board of Directors at EQT AB, the Aspen Institute and Young Life. He is also a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and The Explorers Club.
Originally from Colorado, Brooks is an avid mountaineer and big mountain skier. He was at the time the oldest American to summit and ski an 8,000-meter peak, Cho Oyu in Tibet, in 2016. He also summited Mount Everest from the North Side in Tibet in 2017 in 27 days, then a guided climb record.
