Grace Gayoso Pasion

Grace Gayoso Pasion is the Senior Knowledge Management Officer at the Asian Development Bank, leading the implementation of ADB’s Knowledge Management Action Plan and Innovation Hub. 

More known as Gayo, she is a seasoned development communication professional with extensive experience in strategic communication, knowledge management (KM), behavior change, and capacity building. Prior to ADB, she served as the Asia Region KM Officer for Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, providing intensive technical KM support to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and the Philippines. 

In her previous KM roles at international development organizations, she led various regional KM and communication initiatives across Asia and the Pacific, including strengthening KM skills among development professionals, organizing high-impact regional knowledge exchange events, and pioneering internal knowledge sharing platforms. 

Graduating with a degree in BA Broadcast Communication from the University of the Philippines, she began her career in media but spent most of her career working for a non-profit organization, specifically in the public health field. She also has a graduate degree in communications from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, as an ASEAN scholar. She is based in the Philippines.