A senior NSW Liberal Party figure with links to former cabinet minister Chris Hartcher has been drawn into the Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry into developer donations.

Richard Shields, a former deputy state director and gas industry lobbyist, was served with a late call-up to the ICAC on Thursday.

Richard Shields has been served with a late call-up to the ICAC inquiry into developer donations. Credit:LinkedIn

He is expected to appear as soon as Friday when sidelined federal assistant treasurer Arthur Sinodinos will appear as a witness for a second time.

Mr Shields, who currently heads government relations for the Insurance Council of Australia, once worked alongside Prime Minister Tony Abbott's chief of staff Peta Credlin in the office of former Liberal communications minister Helen Coonan.