Acadian Mining

Allan Trench

Chairman

Dr. Allan Trench is a geologist/geophysicist and business management consultant with approximately 20 years' experience within the Australian resources sector across a number of commodity groups.  Dr. Trench holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours), a doctorate in Geophysics, a master of Business Administration (Distinction) from Oxford University, and a Master of Science (Distinction) in Mineral Economics.  He commenced his career as an academic at Oxford University in England before moving to Australia on a Royal Society Fellowship.  After a period at the University of Western Australia, he joined WMC as the Exploration Manager for the Leinster-Mt Keith region.  Dr. Trench then managed a number of exploration companies associated with Mr. Joseph Gutnick, before joining McKinsey & Company as a management consultant.

From 2004 to 2006, Dr. Trench was employed in a contract role as corporate strategist end benchmarking manager at Woodside Energy, helping to build Woodside's capability in strategy, benchmarking, and performance improvement across its global asset portfolio.  Dr. Trench currently holds the title of Adjunct Professor of Mineral Economics & Mine Management at the WA School of Mines, Curtain University.