About AIR APAC

The people behind the Standard

The institution

Who stands behind the Standard

AIR APAC publishes the Standard for Judgment in AI-Enabled Work (AIRS-J/1). This page names the people who govern the Standard, the people who advise on it and the people who do its work. Where a seat is vacant, the page says so. Everyone on this page is named with their consent.

Governs

The Review Board of AIRS-J/1

  • Version last reviewed: AIRS-J/1 v2.0, 5 October 2026
  • Dissent recorded: none
  • Next scheduled review: with the next major version
  • Appointment: by the Standard owner from the panels below, two-year term, once renewable
  • Recusal: a member with an interest in a matter declares it and does not advise on it (Section 17.1)
  • Remuneration: none

The board above is the Standard owner's nomination of 15 October 2026, to be confirmed with each person. Until the next release of the Standard, the board's membership is the panels' published membership (Section 17.1).

Governs

Officers of the Standard

  • Officer

    External Academic Reviewer

    Prof. Mudiarasan Kuppusamy

    Curtin University Malaysia

    Named in Section 17

  • Officer

    Appeals Reviewer

    To be named by 30 October 2026, from the review board (Section 17)

  • Officer

    Access-support decision maker

    To be named (Section 8.9)

  • Officer

    Fairness monitor

    From the first fairness summary, 2027 (Section 15)

Advises

Panels

Provisional mapping for review. Panel membership, titles and affiliations are confirmed with each person before publication.

A person who sits on two panels is listed on both.

Panel

Method panel

Reviews the rubric, anchors, scoring rules and the evidence programme.

Last contribution: to be recorded

  • Prof Feng DongProf Feng Dong
  • Prof Kenneth YongProf Kenneth Yong
  • Prof Viktor DorflerProf Viktor DorflerProfessor of AI Strategy, Department of Management Science, University of Strathclyde Business School
  • Prof Christos TachtatzisProf Christos TachtatzisProfessor in Applied Artificial Intelligence, University of Strathclyde
  • Prof Liang YingyuProf Liang YingyuAssociate Professor, Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science and Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong
  • Prof Philippe RosinskiProf Philippe RosinskiManaging Director, Rosinski and Company
  • Prof Luo RuibangProf Luo RuibangAssociate Professor of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong, School of Computing and Data Science
  • Prof Asma AbdullahProf Asma AbdullahFounder, WholesomeLeaders
  • Prof Arasan KProf Arasan K
  • Prof N.S. SomaProf N.S. SomaAdjunct faculty, Solospace.io
  • Prof David AsirvathamProf David AsirvathamProfessor of Practice, Asia School of Business
Panel

Practice panel

Reads the Standard against operating reality in regulated industries, public agencies and enterprises, and tells the board what an employer would rely on.

Last contribution: to be recorded

Panel

Instrument panel

Reviews the official instrument's approval criteria, the systems that gather evidence and the integrity rules.

Last contribution: to be recorded

Panel

Cities and Policy panel

Grounds the work with destinations in the practice of TPO cities, tourism boards, ministries and funders.

Last contribution: to be recorded

  • Jooch NamJooch NamFormer Executive Director, AMCHAM Korea
  • Dato J. JegathesanDato J. Jegathesan
Works

The team

  • Indhran Seghar Team

    Indhran Seghar

    Director

  • Martin PusakasTeam

    Martin Pusakas

    Project lead, instruments

Appointment and removal

How people are appointed, and how to leave

Terms
Two years, once renewable.
Recusal
A member with an interest in a matter declares it and does not advise on it (Section 17.1).
Consent
Each person's written consent covers name, title, affiliation, portrait and link. It can be withdrawn by email, to the address on the contact page. Withdrawal is acted on within ten business days.
Removal
A person is removed within 30 days of leaving. The removal is logged on the changelog. No list of former members is kept.
Last confirmed
13 October 2026
Organisations

Collaborating organisations

  • JICA
  • MDEC
  • Petronas
  • Kominfo
  • PIKOM
  • SD Guthrie
  • Bursa Malaysia
  • Tourism Promotion Organization for Global Cities

Organisations our people have worked with

Earlier roles and engagements of the people on this page, not clients of AIR APAC.

  • Bank Negara Malaysia
  • Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia
  • ESMT Berlin
  • HSBC
  • Maybank
  • CIMB Group
  • Zurich Insurance Group
  • AstraZeneca
  • Dell EMC
  • Frost and Sullivan
  • Astro Malaysia
  • TIME

Partners, clients and consultation participants are named only with their written consent.

Founder byline

Indhran Seghar writes and speaks in his own name at indhran.com. Views there are his, not the institution's.