Vincent K. Brooks

Employers

Jacobs Engineering Group WestExec Advisors

Retired Army General Vincent K. Brooks served as commander of the U.S. and allied forces in South Korea from April 30, 2016 until his retirement on January 1, 2019. In this role, Brooks commanded over 650,000 U.S. and Korean forces in South Korea.

On August 17, 2020, defense contracting giant Jacobs Engineering Group announced that Brooks was appointed to serve on the company’s board of directors. Jacobs is a top 100 recipient of Department of Defense contracts, receiving over $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2020 alone.

In March 2020, the firm was selected by the Army Corps. of Engineers to design the new Korea Air Operations and Intelligence Center, a deal worth over $605 million. According to Jacobs, “the [center] will oversee air operations and distributed common ground station weapon systems supporting the U.S. Forces Korea and the U.S. and Korea Combined Forces Command.”

In September 2020, Brooks also became a principal at WestExec Advisors, a strategic consulting firm co-founded by former under secretary of defense for policy Michèle Flournoy. In announcing his hiring, WestExec said: “His proven record as a leader and change agent and his deep expertise on Asia and national security is proving to be extremely valuable to a variety of WestExec clients.”

Brooks did not respond to a POGO request for comment.

Brooks, a four-star general in the Army, retired on January 1, 2019. Less than 2 years later, he joined the board of Jacobs Engineering Group, a company that did over $80M of business with the US Army in fiscal years 2018 and 2019."

Employment History

End date:
January 1, 2019

Commander, United States Forces Korea Combined Forces Command and United Nations Command,

U.S. Army
Start date:
August 17, 2020

Board Member,

Jacobs Engineering Group
Start date:
September 8, 2020

Principal,

WestExec Advisors

Employment History

Jacobs Engineering Group

WestExec Advisors

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