Chair of Clean Energy Regulator announced
Media release from Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet - 9 February 2012
The Gillard Labor Government is pleased to announce it will appoint Ms Chloe Munro as the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the new Clean Energy Regulator.
To be established from 2 April 2012, the Clean Energy Regulator will implement and administer the carbon price mechanism, the National Greenhouse Energy Reporting Scheme, the Renewable Energy Target, the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units and the Carbon Farming Initiative.
Ms Munro, who has indicated her willingness to take up this position, has extensive senior executive experience in federal and state governments, in Australia and overseas, as well in the private sector.
Ms Munro is currently the Chair of the National Water Commission and brings a wealth of experience to the role having previously worked in other environmental and energy fields.
Ms Munro today said, "I am privileged to have the opportunity to play this important role in moving Australia to a clean energy future. I look forward to working with government and industry to establish the Clean Energy Regulator as an organisation held to the highest standards."
The Clean Energy Regulator will be an independent statutory authority based in Canberra. It is set up by the Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011.
It will comprise of a Chair (who will also be the Chief Executive Officer) and between two and four expert members. The announcement of these additional members is expected to be made prior to the establishment of the agency in April.
In the interim, existing arrangements for the National Greenhouse Energy Reporting Scheme, the Renewable Energy Target and the Carbon Farming Initiative will continue as usual.
Further information about the Clean Energy Regulator and other initiatives under the Government's Clean Energy legislative package can be found at http://www.climatechange.gov.au/en/government/clean-energy-future.aspx
Biography of Ms Chloe Munro
Since May 2011, Ms Munro has been the Chair of the National Water Commission. She is also the Independent Non-executive Chairman of AquaSure, the consortium building Victoria's desalination plant and a Non-executive Director of Hydro Tasmania.
Until July 2009, Ms Munro was an Executive Director at Telstra. She held leadership positions in human resources, business operations, information technology, public policy and communications and customer service.
Serving in the Victorian public sector between September 1996 and February 2004, Ms Munro held the positions of Secretary of the Department of Primary Industries, Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, and Deputy Secretary in the Department of Treasury and Finance.
She has been a member of the board of Food Science Australia and a Commissioner and Deputy President of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission.
Ms Munro holds master's degrees in mathematics and philosophy from Cambridge University and in business administration from Westminster University. She is a national and Victorian Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia and was awarded a Centenary Medal for outstanding contribution to public administration in 2001.