on 30 September 2008 to become CEO of market research firm Auspoll which is part of the larger Photon group of media companies. He left that post in 2010 to become CEO of Indigenous employment advocacy charity GenerationOne. In 2012, Gartrell was recruited by Reconciliation Australia to lead the Recognise campaign team. Gartrell then worked on the Recognise campaign, which advocated for constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Shortly after the announcement of the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, Gartrell was appointed Campaign Director by the 'yes' side in favour of marriage equality. He led the campaign to a resounding success, with 61.6% of Australians voting in favour of marriage equality, representing a higher vote than any two-party preferred electoral vote in Australian history. He served as Vice-President of NSW Labor in 2019. Gartrell was appointed as the Chief of Staff to Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese in June 2019. Following the 2022 federal election, he became the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff. Personal life Gartrell holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales. He also holds a master's degree in communications studies from the University of South Australia. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the University of New South Wales Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. References 1970 births Living people People educated at Orange High School (New South Wales) Australian Labor Party officials