He is a political scientist and civil society advocate and one of Jamaica's most sought after presenters and keynote speakers by private sector organisations, civil society bodies and public sector entities in Jamaica and the Caribbean Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Munroe's early educational foundation was laid at Morris-Knibb Preparatory School and at St. George's College (Class of 1959) where he represented the school and excelled in academics, drama, debating and track athletics.
[3] In Jamaica's 2015 National Honours, Munroe was awarded the Order of Distinction, Commander Class (CD).
[4] He is the elder son of Jamaica's former director of public prosecutions, the late Huntley Munroe Q.C.
His son Tarik is a business change manager, and Kinshasa now the CEO of Excel Insurance Brokers.
Munroe is also the grandfather of Cairo and Alexandria, both currently undergraduate students at San Diego University and the South Carolina Institute of Architecture & Design respectively.