Tito Nicolas has worked on safeguards issues as ADB staff since 2020. Prior to joining ADB, he worked on several ADB-assisted projects in Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, and Viet Nam. He was a safeguards operations officer for the World Bank in Manila from 2001–2005. He also worked at the Luzon Secretariat for Social Action and taught at the University of the Philippines and Dela Salle University. He holds a master’s degree in Sociology from the University of the Philippines-Diliman.