Hydro Tasmania Chairman, Dr David Crean, is pleased to welcome Ms Chloe Munro to serve on the Hydro Tasmania Board.

Ms Munro was appointed as a director from 1 March 2010 for a period of three years by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council on 25 January 2010.

Ms Munro replaces Mr Michael Cavell who retired from the Board in early November 2009.

“Mr Cavell made the decision not to take the option of a further term on the Board and we thank him for his contribution,” Dr Crean said.

“Ms Munro brings to Hydro Tasmania strong commercial skills and expertise in public policy and corporate finance, drawing on public and private sector experience in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.”

Ms Munro is the independent non-executive chairman of AquaSure, the consortium building Victoria's desalination plant and is also a member of the National Water Commission. Until July 2009 she was an executive director at Telstra, holding 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 Natural Resources and Environment and of the Department of Primary Industries.  Previously she was a 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 was awarded a Centenary Medal for outstanding contribution to public administration in 2001.