Allan Trench is MBA Director and Professor at the UWA Business School, a non-executive director of several ASX-listed minerals companies – and the Perth representative for CRU Consulting, a division of independent metals and mining advisory CRU Group (allan.trench@crugroup.com). Allan has over 30 years industry and academic experience including previous exploration, corporate, consulting and executive roles with organisations such as WMC, Barrick Gold (KGCM), McKinsey & Company and Woodside Energy. Allan holds degrees in geology from the Royal School of Mines London, a PhD in geophysics from Glasgow University, a Masters degree in Mineral Economics from Curtin University and an MBA from Oxford University

John Sykes is a minerals industry strategist. He is currently finishing a PhD at the Centre for Exploration Targeting, The University of Western Australia (UWA). His PhD research uses scenarios to investigate the future of mining and exploration. He is also a Strategist for MinEx Consulting, Managing Director of Greenfields Research, a Lecturer on the minerals industry, strategic management, and consulting for the MBA programme at UWA and for the Australian Institute of Management, and co-author of the Strictly Boardrooom column on MiningNews.net. He is proud to be a Member of the AusIMM.

Anna is a Professorial Research Fellow at the Sustainable Minerals Institute , University of Queensland where she leads a cross cutting programmes - “Transforming Mine Lifecycles”. She was previously a Research Director for CSIROs Resources and Sustainability Research Programme. Originally a geochemist, her early career was spent in the lab and on site managing field programmes to characterise environmental risks from reactive contaminant transport. This catalysed an interest in the complex arena of multidisciplinary integration and its role in addressing long term sustainability risks around the minerals and energy resource sectors. Anna has worked on influential initiatives at the interface where science informs policy for a globally connected world. She has managed large collaborative programmes for Federal and State Governments, Industry and global think-tanks. Anna is a Fellow of the Minerals Institute, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a member of the Global Agenda Council on Responsible Minerals Development. She currently sits on the advisory board for METS Ignited and is a recipient of a CSIRO medal for Business Excellence.

Glen is a Principal Research Fellow and Acting Director Environment Centres at the Sustainable Minerals Institute at The University of Queensland. He has over 25 years’ experience in the resources industries. His experience spans both research and commercial activities in the area of responsible resource use and processing. For further details please visit https://smi.uq.edu.au/profile/737/glen-corder.

Rick Valenta is the Director of the WH Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre at the Sustainable Minerals Institute at The University of Queensland. Prior to that, he spent 23 years in Exploration and Development with major and junior mining companies in Australia and Canada in senior technical and executive roles. He has been involved in numerous mineral discoveries and research relating to exploration targeting. His current role is focused on maximising the value of geological information in the entire exploration and mining continuum.