Who is AMLC Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura?

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The Senate impeachment court on Monday resumed hearings on Vice President Sara Duterte's alleged unexplained wealth, after a "strategic procedural pause" so both the defense and prosecution panels could prepare for a series of whole-day sessions.

The prosecution team presented Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura to the impeachment tribunal.

Buenaventura assumed the AMLC executive director position on April 14, 2026, after his predecessor, Matthew David, requested a transfer to another post within the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

Before his appointment, Buenaventura served as acting deputy director of the Commitments and Policy Group of the AMLC Secretariat, where he played a role in facilitating the Philippines' exit from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) "grey list."

He also worked as acting legal officer IV at the Office of the General Counsel and Legal Services of the BSP.

Prior to joining AMLC, Buenaventura was the vice president of a financial technology company, where he handled anti-money laundering compliance and regulatory and policy analysis of global financial trends.

He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of the Philippines and later graduated magna cum laude from the Bulacan State University College of Law.

Buenaventura later became an associate solicitor at the Office of the Solicitor General and placed 10th in the 2015 Bar Examinations.

He also holds a Master of Corporate Law degree from the University of Cambridge and a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of the Philippines.

In April, Buenaventura disclosed that bank transactions totaling P6.7 billion—classified as covered and suspicious—were recorded under the names of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio.

Of the total amount, P3.7 billion was attributed to the Vice President, while P2.998 billion was linked to Carpio.

The AMLC report submitted to the House committee on justice also identified P791 million in transactions as having undetermined inflows and outflows. — VDV/AOL, GMA News