You can’t verify Asia from a U.S. office.
You’re underwriting a deal from a deck someone else built. I’m the person in the room.
Based in Asia, available worldwide. I check what you can’t see from home, before you wire money, sign, or form a joint venture.
For U.S. companies, investors, and staffing firms weighing a deal, a partner, a site, or a U.S. defense (INDOPACOM) pursuit in Asia.
01 / Why it matters
The cost of getting Asia wrong is documented, and growing.
Lost by Americans in one year to Southeast Asia scam operations, up 66% from the year before.
US Treasury OFAC, 2025 · US Department of Justice, 2025 · Prince Holding Group, Brooklyn federal court
You can’t verify what you’re buying from 8,000 miles away.
The vendor, the partner, the site, the rules. Your due diligence file is a deck the seller sent you.
Your local agent might be the risk.
Some agents set up the company so they hold the controlling shares. The agent the seller introduced isn’t necessarily on your side.
You can’t read the room from a slide.
Who actually approves the license, unclear rules, family ties on the board. None of it is in the deck, and all of it shows up on your bill.
You have no one in country you trust.
Not a consultant, a fixer, or a translator. An American operator who lives in the region and represents you when you’re on a plane.
Four ways to put me where the deck can’t reach.
Same rates as the Ready Room. Each monthly option is a block of hours at $250/hr; extra time is billed at the same rate.
Before you go, sign, or wire: one written brief on what you’re walking into, covering the country, the deal, and the partner. Drawn from local-language press, business chamber data, and people on the ground.
- How it runs
- Remote. One call.
- You get
- A brief your board or lender can act on, plus a 30-minute call.
Your eyes in the region. Each month I check on your partner, site, or vendors, including a visit when it’s needed, and tell you what’s really happening.
- How it runs
- Mostly remote. Guidance only, with limited decision-making authority.
- You get
- A monthly written report, with photos and notes from any visit.
Your representative in the room. I attend partner and government meetings for you, coordinate local vendors, accountants, and lawyers, and keep your priorities on the table.
- How it runs
- In country and remote. I act within the authority you give me in writing.
- You get
- A monthly summary and an up-to-date map of your contacts and relationships.
I lead your on-the-ground effort for a market entry, a site build, or a recovery from a failed first attempt, then hand it to your permanent team.
- How it runs
- In-country schedule set in the agreement. My authority is written down; you keep the final say.
- You get
- A weekly report to the owner and a written handover plan.
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- Where I am
- Based in Asia. Available worldwide; travel and expenses at cost.
- Who does the work
- I’m your only consultant, and I do the work myself. A small back-office team handles the admin behind me.
I report what’s on the ground, documented. I’m not your lawyer or accountant, and this isn’t legal or financial advice. The decision stays yours.
Show me the deal. I’ll go stand on it.
Fifteen minutes. I’ll tell you in five whether I can help, and I’ll tell you straight if I can’t.
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