</ref> Early life and education Born in 1981 in London, United Kingdom, Brookbank was educated at Cheltenham College. He is a graduate of the Cass Business School where he completed his masters in property valuation and law. He was part of the Marylebone Cricket Club team which toured Argentina in 2008. In 2010, Brooksbank founded Leconfield Property Group which is a residential development and construction company. It also specializes in property acquisitions. The company then refurbished the house and resold it for USD 43.5 million in 2016. In 2016, he founded an investment management firm, Fairway Capital. In July 2020, it raised GBP 80 million from various investors. In October 2020, fund received GBP 34.5 million from Investec for property acquisitions. It further raised funds from Catalyst Capital and Coutts & Co. in February 2021