Working across Asia since 2012.

More than twenty years on the political economy of Asia, the last fourteen leading investigative due diligence and field intelligence across the region. He founded Cascade Asia in 2012 and leads its intelligence products; before that, he spent four years with a global consulting firm across Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, and Seattle, advising Fortune 100 and government clients. He holds a master’s in International Economics and International Relations from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and speaks Thai and Indonesian.

An associate director with nine years in corporate intelligence, Huong pairs investigative and reputational due diligence with a decade of frontline commercial experience. Before intelligence work she ran procurement and contract management on major energy and infrastructure projects, including large offshore and power-plant developments, which grounds her read on how deals, vendors, and counterparties actually behave. She holds a bachelor’s in Commerce from RMIT University and speaks Vietnamese and English, with conversational Chinese.

A senior lead analyst with a background in data and business intelligence, Emma works on reputation analysis and risk monitoring, combining data-led research with close review of corporate records, legal contracts, patents, and technical filings to identify risk signals, map relationships, and test commercial narratives. Before Cascade, she served major international clients across finance, technology, and consulting at a leading European firm. She holds a master’s in Computer Engineering and speaks Chinese and English.

A project manager with a decade in corporate intelligence, Adrian runs Cascade’s confidential investigations end to end, coordinating country teams across the region and validating findings before they reach a client. He edits the intelligence those teams produce, including their field and human-source reporting, and tests it against his own research: news media, public records, sanctions screening, satellite imagery, and reverse image search. He holds a bachelor’s in War Studies from King’s College London and speaks Burmese, Thai, and English.

An analyst in corporate due diligence and strategic research, Khairunnisa assesses the political, regulatory, and reputational risks shaping operating environments across Southeast Asia. She came to the work through verification, first as a policy analyst on Indonesian politics and economic policy, then verifying misinformation around national elections. Her analysis has appeared in Kompas, The Jakarta Post, and CNBC Indonesia. She holds a bachelor’s in International Relations from Universitas Diponegoro and speaks Indonesian and English.