Primary Job Title Partner Primary Organization 
Virgin Green Fund
Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Brooks is a Founding Partner of VGF Emerging Markets Growth I, L.P. and a member of its Investment Committee. Brooks has been investing in renewable energy in emerging markets since 2005.
Prior to founding VGF EM, Brooks was a Principal at Wolfensohn & Company focused exclusively on low carbon energy investments in global emerging markets.
From 2003 to 2008, Brooks had a number of senior management roles at BP plc in emerging markets, including head of global business development and M&A for BP Solar, and Chief of Staff to a Group Vice President running 10 downstream oil businesses with $450 million in EBIT operating across 100 countries, most of them emerging markets.
Brooks was Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment and Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Forestry in the Clinton/ Gore Administration. He wrote 15 laws passed by the U.S. Senate as Professional Staff Member at the Agriculture Committee, where he covered forestry, energy and environment. Brooks was the Founder of Clearwater Strategic Community Investing.
He has a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
