Our portfolios & programs

The City of Adelaide’s vision is Our Adelaide: Bold, Aspirational, Innovative. This is achieved through development and delivery of new projects, initiatives and infrastructure, with the wellbeing of the community at the forefront of decision making.

Our Executive Leadership Team, which includes our CEO and four Directors, is responsible for leading and developing a diverse of range of teams, functions and services which enable the successful delivery of the City of Adelaide Strategic Plan.

Organisational chart

The City of Adelaide Organisational Chart shows the Leadership Team responsible for leading our Portfolios, Programs, and Subsidiaries.

Read on for detailed descriptions of each of the Portfolios and their responsibilities.

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City Shaping

The City Shaping Portfolio leverages and celebrates our role as a Capital City Council and delivers the services that lead, shape and enable a creative, dynamic, resilient and diverse city both now and into the future.

The Portfolio includes: 

  • City Operations
  • Park Lands, Policy & Sustainability

City Infrastructure

The City Infrastructure Portfolio is responsible for Council’s infrastructure assets, strives to make it easier to conduct business in our City and leads the Council’s property portfolio and commercial businesses to generate income.

The Portfolio includes: 

  • Infrastructure
  • Strategic Property & Commercial

City Community

The City Community Portfolio strives to deliver exceptional experiences for our community and customers, providing opportunities for creativity, recreation and wellbeing in a city that is safe, accessible and supportive of all our communities.

The Portfolio includes: 

  • City Culture
  • Customer & Marketing
  • Regulatory Services

Corporate Services

The Corporate Services Portfolio provides effective and efficient services and insights to strengthen and grow our organisational capability, supporting a culture of accountability, transparency and innovation. The Portfolio also provides the key support functions to ensure Council’s subsidiaries, the Adelaide Central Market Authority (ACMA) and Adelaide Economic Development Agency (AEDA), deliver their objectives in accordance with their respective Charters, statutory requirements and obligations.

The Portfolio includes:

  • Finance & Procurement
  • Governance & Strategy
  • Information Management
  • People
  • General Managers of ACMA and AEDA also report through the Chief Operating Officer