Damian L. Brooke

Damian Brooke joined the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority in March 2011 where he currently oversees the Finance and Procurement functions for Tampa International Airport as well as the Aviation Authority’s three General Aviation airports. In his current role, he is responsible for managing a $340 million revenue and $175 million expense budget, as well as the Authority’s annual capital program which is generally between $100 million and $200 million a year. Brooke and his team are also responsible for funding the Authority’s $2.5 billion Master Plan program and managing the Authority’s investment portfolio which currently totals just under $1 billion dollars.Brooke is an active proponent of the North American airport industry, chairing the Finance Steering committee for Airports Council International (ACI) North America in 2021. He currently serves on the Finance Committee for the ACI Board of Directors. For the past six years, Brooke has also served as a member of the ACI World Economics Steering Committee, working to promote the interests of the global airport community.

Prior to coming to Tampa, he served as Assistant Vice President, Market Planning and Analysis for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, where he and his team supported the airport’s efforts to attract new air service and provided extensive forecasting, commercial analysis, and budgeting direction throughout the organization.

He has more than 30 years of aviation industry experience having worked across a wide spectrum of commercial areas for both domestic and international air carriers and multiple U.S. airports. He has also provided both airline and airport consulting services to many industry clients.

Brooke worked for American Airlines for more than 10 years, with experience in network planning, revenue management, international alliances, and regulatory affairs. He spent several years overseas working for Qatar Airways, managing the airline’s network planning, revenue management, pricing, alliance and fleet planning functions. He also worked for eight years at the consulting firm Sabre Airline Solutions, building the company’s International Airport and Government practice from its start and managing more than 100 international clients and staff on four continents. Additionally, Brooke was part of Sabre’s airline turnaround team, helping restructure air carriers in Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America.

Brooke grew up in Manchester, England and holds a bachelor’s degree from Central Connecticut State University. He and his wife, Teri, have three children.