David Keith Brookman, Baron Brookman (born 3 January 1937) is a British steel worker and trade unionist. The son of George Henry Brookman and Blodwin Nash, he was educated at in Monmouthshire. Brookman worked as steel worker for Richard Thomas and Baldwins in Ebbw Vale from 1953 until 1955, when he began his service in the Royal Air Force. In 1957, he returned to his job and performed it to 1973. For the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, he was divisional organiser from 1973 to 1985, assistant general secretary from 1985 to 1993 and eventually general secretary from 1993 to 1999. Since 1993, he is a board member of British Steel plc and .