If AI touched the decision, you inherited the liability.
AI governance and HR risk advisory for leadership teams deploying AI in hiring, performance and people decisions — grounded in 30 years in senior HR and 1,300+ cases handled across Southeast Asia.
Government Institutions & Corporate Clients We've Served
AI is already making people decisions. Most organisations haven't governed it.
Hiring tools shortlist candidates. Vendor platforms flag performance and conduct. Staff use generative AI to draft reviews and decisions. None of that disappears your legal exposure as the employer — it just moves the question to whether you can show how, and why, it happened.
Practical sessions on AI governance and HR risk
Built on 30 years in senior HR and 1,300+ cases handled. Delivered as masterclasses, keynotes, panels or in-house workshops for financial services, SME leadership teams, or agreed groups.
AI Governance Without a Rulebook: A Practical Framework for Leaders
Map your organisation's AI use and build a starter framework covering policy, ownership and risk tiers, in step with Southeast Asia, ASEAN and global expectations.
When AI Makes the Decision: Managing Data, Bias and Vendor Risk
Scenario-based session on data protection obligations, unfair outcomes in people decisions, staff use of generative AI, and gaps in vendor contracts.
Workplace Fairness Act Readiness: From Policy to Proof
What the Act changes before it commences: protected characteristics, mandatory grievance processes and anti-retaliation rules.
Exits Without Exposure: Terminations, Retrenchments and Disputes
Drawing on 1,300+ cases handled: running fair investigations, exits and retrenchments that hold up under statutory scrutiny.
Also available: keynotes, panels and in-house workshops.
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Black Badge Asia partners with conferences, trade associations and in-house teams across Southeast Asia to bring practical, case-grounded sessions to their audiences.
Where we help
AI Governance Advisory
Policy, ownership and risk-tier frameworks for organisations deploying AI in hiring, performance and other people decisions.
HR Risk & Compliance Advisory
Workplace Fairness Act readiness, investigations, terminations and retrenchments, grounded in 1,300+ cases handled.
Speaking & Masterclasses
AI governance and HR risk sessions for leadership teams, financial services and SME audiences across Southeast Asia.
Vendor & AI Tool Risk Review
Due diligence on HR tech and AI vendors — bias, data handling and contract gap checks before procurement.
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Gareth "G" Poh
G spent 30 years in senior HR and employment law roles across Southeast Asia before founding Black Badge Asia. Along the way, he's handled 1,300+ cases.
Today, that same grounding is applied to a newer problem: organisations deploying AI in people decisions without the governance to back it up. G helps leadership teams build practical frameworks — not theory — for where AI is already making or informing calls about hiring, performance and conduct.
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