Grant Brooker studied at the Canterbury School of Architecture in England and joined Foster Associates in 1987. He was the project architect responsible for ITN Headquarters in London from inception to completion and worked on numerous projects and competitions in Europe, including the Musée de Prehistoire des Gorges du Verdon at Quinson, masterplans for Kings Cross and Lyon Gerland, and projects for railway stations in Bilbao and Helsinki.

He has been responsible for many built projects in Europe and South East Asia ranging from airports and headquarters to masterplans and museums. His completed buildings have been acknowledged with both national and international citations for excellence.

In 1992, as director of Foster Hong Kong, he established the office and led the design team for the new airport terminal at Chek Lap Kok – the world’s largest public building. He was based in Hong Kong for six years where his responsibilities included the redevelopment of the Kowloon–Canton Railway Station along with office and headquarters projects in Malaysia, Singapore and China.

Since returning to London in 1997 he has been responsible for a range of projects including, headquarters buildings for Bloomberg, Ernst and Young and Scottish Gas. Masterplans for Granton and the new Quartermile district in Edinburgh, The Zenith concert hall in St Etienne, the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, office buildings in Paris and the City of London including Moorhouse and 10 Gresham Street, airport expansion projects at Stansted and Heathrow and the award-winning first City Academy project at Bexley in South London.

He became senior partner in 2004 and leads a group of some 100 architects involved in a wide range of projects including cultural, office, airport and residential projects. He became executive director in 2007.