Ms Munro is currently the Chair of the National Water Commission. She has worked at a senior level for both federal and state governments in Australia and overseas, as well as in the private sector.

The Clean Energy Regulator, implemented as part of the Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011, 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.

As well as the Chair, the Regulator will include up to four expert members who are yet to be announced.