People before paperwork.
A policy is a starting point. Understanding what it means for the people affected takes listening, context and a willingness to ask another question.
Look at how work happens, alongside what the records say.
The people behind
better questions.
We’re Aseri. We bring together audit, risk intelligence and consultancy to help businesses understand their supply chains and improve what happens within them.
Meet the team
Every supply chain
is a human story.
Impatient for change.
Careful about how
we get there.
Aseri began with a shared frustration: too much of social compliance stops at the paperwork.
Tick-box tools and unclear standards create audit fatigue. The people doing the work can get lost in the process, and businesses are left with reports that offer little direction.
We want assurance to be more useful and more human. That means combining personal attention with rigorous analysis, and bringing the right expertise to the question in front of you.
See how we work with you What we hold
ourselves to.
The approach can change with the engagement. These commitments stay with us.
Evidence you can question.
Useful intelligence makes its reasoning visible. We bring data and human judgement together, keeping uncertainty and unanswered questions in view.
Explain what the evidence supports and what still needs checking.
Progress beyond the report.
The findings should give you somewhere to go. We connect assessment with practical recommendations and support that helps your team act.
Make the next decision clearer, and the next step achievable.
Meet the team.
Different disciplines. A shared purpose. Our team brings together experience in auditing, human rights due diligence and software engineering.
James Hollins
Chief Risk Officer
Human rights and due diligence.
Formerly with Deloitte and the United Nations, James brings 15 years in sustainability, including 12 focused on labour and human rights in global value chains. He has completed more than 1,500 audits and is an APSCA CSCA and RMAP Approved Auditor. His work spans mining, textiles and agriculture, with particular expertise in subcontracted labour. He designs ESG risk assessments and practical due diligence systems, with a focus on making remediation work.
Lawrence Paulson
Chief Audit & Compliance Officer
Accurate audits. Practical improvement.
Lawrence brings more than a decade of social and ethical auditing experience, including work as a Lead Social Auditor at SGS and in Ethical Trade at Primark. He is an APSCA Certified Social Compliance Auditor (CSCA) with experience conducting SMETA audits. As Aseri’s Chief Audit & Compliance Officer, he champions accurate, forward-thinking audits, using technology to support auditors’ judgement and help sites understand and remediate issues. His focus is on findings that lead to practical improvements in working conditions.
Tom Wells
Chief Technology Officer
Engineering for change.
Tom brings more than 15 years of experience across software engineering, technical consulting and team leadership. With a background spanning Ditto and Prolific, he combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership and a focus on building reliable, scalable systems. As Aseri’s Co-Founder & CTO, he designs the architecture, engineers the AI systems and oversees data governance for the risk intelligence platform. His focus is on making complex data useful, helping businesses turn evidence into better decisions and fairer supply chains.
Expertise works better
in conversation.
Intelligence helps identify where to look. Auditing brings workplace practice into focus. Consultancy helps turn the findings into action.
You might need one of these, or a combination. We start with your question and work with you to find the right approach.
Bring the question
on your desk.
You don’t need a finished brief. Tell us what you’re trying to understand, and we’ll work out where to begin.
Talk to our team