Urban Taskforce CEO Aaron Gadiel off to Gadens

Jonathan ChancellorSeptember 13, 2011

High-profile property development industry advocate Aaron Gadiel will step down as chief executive of the Urban Taskforce next month to take a posting at the law firm Gadens.

He will be a director in the planning environment and government team at the law firm.

Gadiel’s media-savvy skills elevated the Urban Taskforce to the national stage with prompt and regular commentary on property issues. Gadiel, an environmental and planning lawyer, joined the Urban Taskforce as its chief executive in 2007.

Before joining the Taskforce, Gadiel was a ministerial chief of staff from 1999 to 2007 serving as the NSW government’s senior political advisor in the roads, housing, energy, regional development and mineral resources portfolios.

The Urban Taskforce Australia was formed in 1999 with the former NSW premier Neville Wran as its patron.  When Wran stepped down another former NSW premier, Nick Greiner, became its patron, until his appointment as Chairman of Infrastructure NSW by the NSW government.

The Urban Taskforce currently operates without a formal patron.

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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