Allan Trench is on the board of Emmerson Resources Ltd. and Member of Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, Research Professor at Centre For Exploration Targeting, Professor at The University of Western Australia Business School and Professor at Curtin Graduate School of Business.

He previously held the position of Non-Executive Chairman at AF Legal Group Ltd., Non-Executive Director at Develop Global Ltd., Non-Executive Chairman at Enterprise Metals Ltd., Manager for Woodside Energy Group Ltd., Exploration Manager at WMC, Inc., Manager for Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd. and Chairman at Acadian Mining Corp.

Dr. Trench received a doctorate from the University of Glasgow, an MBA from the University of Oxford, an undergraduate degree from Imperial College London, an undergraduate degree from The Royal School of Mines and a graduate degree from Western Australian School of Mines.