Dr Allan Trench worked with McKinsey & Company as a management consultant, with Woodside Petroleum in strategy development, and with WMC as a geophysicist and exploration manager.
He is an associate consultant with international metals and mining advisory firm CRU Group and has contributed to the development of that company’s uranium practice, having previously managed the CRU Group global copper research team.
Dr Trench was an adjunct professor at the Western Australian School of Mines in Curtin University for 4 years and a Professor of Mineral & Energy Economics at Curtin University's Graduate School of Business for 4 years before joining the University of Western Australia's Business School in 2016 as a Professor and MBA Director.