Bayani Agabin is currently an Undersecretary in the Department of Finance. He headed the Legal Services and Local Government Finance Group from 2016 to 2026. He is currently in charge of the Extractive Industries and Bangsamoro Affairs Group. He is the Chairman and Focal Person of the Philippines Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) and is a member of the board of EITI International. He represents the Department of Finance in the Mining Inter-Agency Coordinating Council (MICC), the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) and in the boards of the Philippine Mine Development Corporation (PMDC) and National Resource Development Corporation (NRDC) - government owned and controlled corporations engaged in resource development. He also served as alternate to the Secretary of Finance as Chairman of the National Power Corporation, the National Transmission Corporation and the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Economics degree and Bachelor of Laws degree in the University of the Philippines and his Masters in National Security Administration from the National Defense College of the Philippines.