Nandy is one of the founders of SALIGAN. He is a Professor of Economics and former Dean of the School of Social Sciences (2015-2021) at the Ateneo de Manila University.
He is currently Senior Fellow for Eagle Watch, the macroeconomic forecasting unit of the Economics Department. He was former Chairperson of the Economics Department from 2003 to 2009 and has been teaching undergraduate and graduate economics in the university since 1996. His specialization includes macroeconomics, development and labor economics. His current areas of research are social protection, economic growth, poverty, social capital, and labor migration in the Philippines and the ASEAN. Dr. Aldaba was former President of the Philippine Economic Society (2008) and is currently Vice President of the East Asia Economic Association. Aldaba graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Engineering in 1980 from the Ateneo de Manila University and a Doctorate degree in Economics from the University of the Philippines in Diliman in 1996.
Tony joined SALIGAN in 1988 and was its Executive Director from 1998-1999. He is currently a full-time lawyer of the Third World Network, a project coordinator of PAHRA, and a consultant of IDEALS.