Appointed August 2023

Richard Pearson has over 30 years experience as a town planner and senior public service executive, his career spanning state and local government and the private sector.

Richard is currently director of a town planning consultancy providing strategic, policy, rezoning, development and local government reform advice to state government, councils, and the private sector.

Richard was Deputy Secretary of the NSW Planning Department where he had responsibility for the assessment of state significant development projects as well as the development of strategic regional plans. He has also had substantial experience in local government, having been administrator of Inner West Council.

Richard is Chair of the City of Parramatta, The Hills and Sutherland Shire Local Planning Panels, responsible for determining sensitive and contentious development applications, and is a past member of the Central Sydney Planning Committee and Hunter Development Corporation.