TreEnt’s principal consultant
        is Alan Tregilgas. 

Tertiary qualifications

• Bachelor of Economics (First Class Honours), University of Adelaide, 1972
• Master of Economics, Flinders University of South Australia, 1975  

Positions held 

October 1996 to present, Director, TreEnt Pty Ltd, Adelaide (part-time)

• since 1996, Principal Consultant, Tregilgas & Associates  (click here for details)
• since 2002, also Principal Consultant, TreEnt Advisory Services  (click here for details)

December 1999 to present, Senior Associate, Access Economics Pty Ltd, Canberra and Sydney (part-time) 

October 1999 to March 2009, Utilities Commissioner, Utilities Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin (part-time)

• undertaking the statutory role of the Northern Territory’s independent economic regulator, with jurisdiction over the Territory’s electricity supply and water industries
• in this capacity, between 2000 and 2005 he was also an associate member of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) 

January 1995 to August 1996: Deputy Under Treasurer (Finance), South Australian Department of Treasury and Finance, Adelaide

• responsible for oversight of the Budget, Debt & Asset Management, and Accounting & Financial Management Branches of the Department

March 1991 to January 1995: Director, Standard and Poor’s Ratings Group, Melbourne

• responsible for assessing the performance prospects of – and the financial, market, regulatory and political risks confronting – government-owned utilities and their parent-Governments in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia
• member of S&P's sovereign, international municipals and international utilities rating committees

October 1990 to March 1991: Director, Public Enterprise Policy Section, Commonwealth Treasury, Canberra

• responsible for policy advice on the implementation of reform of Commonwealth business enterprises, and the Commonwealth's oversight of particular enterprises such as Telstra

August 1989 to October 1990: Senior Director, Programs and Resources, Northern Territory Treasury, Darwin

• responsible for the Budget, Economic and Project Evaluation Branches

January 1980 to August 1989: Commonwealth Treasury, including:

• January 1989 to August 1989: Director, Fiscal Policy Review Section, Canberra responsible for monitoring the stance of fiscal policy and examining the budgetary and broader economic impacts of major expenditure proposals brought to Cabinet
• December 1986 to January 1989: Director, State Finances Section, Canberra responsible for advising on the Commonwealth's revenue sharing and major specific purpose payment arrangements with the States, and for representing the Commonwealth Treasury before the Commonwealth Grants Commission
• June 1986 to December 1986: Senior Finance Officer, Monetary Policy Review Section, Canberra responsible for monitoring the implications of current and prospective economic conditions for the stance of monetary policy
• May 1984 to June 1986 (on secondment): Assistant to Executive Director, Office of the Australian Executive Director, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC
• January 1980 to May 1984: various positions in the Resource Allocation, State Finances and Loan Council Sections, Canberra

March 1978 to January 1980: Assistant Private Secretary, Office of the Leader of the Federal Opposition, Canberra

• providing research and speech-writing support to the shadow minister for industry & commerce

July 1977 to March 1978: Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Adelaide

February 1974 to July 1977: Lecturer in Economics, Mitchell College of Advanced Education, Bathurst