Education
Gell attended Camberwell Grammar School as a student in the 1960s. Gell, who attended Koonung Secondary College, is a trained coastal geomorphologist and geography teacher.
Gell attended Camberwell Grammar School as a student in the 1960s. Gell, who attended Koonung Secondary College, is a trained coastal geomorphologist and geography teacher.
Gell has been a weather presenter for with National Nine News and later Seven News. He was one of the only Australian weather presenters on free-to-air television with a degree in meteorology, along with David Brown and Magdalena Roze. He began his television career in 1979, moving from Melbourne University to work with Ten News.
Moving to the Nine Network in 1988, Gell was innovative as a designer and producer of television weather presentations for 15 years until 2003, when he was replaced by Livinia Nixon.
In 2004, Gell was approached by the Seven Network to become the weekend weather presenter on Seven News Melbourne. Gell is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
He is also a passionate environmental campaigner and supporter of the Melbourne Football Club. The ICES delivers many sustainability qualifications, including the Certificate of Sustainable Business Practices.