William C. Ramsay, Deputy Executive Director

Ambassador William C. Ramsay is Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency and Director of its relations with countries outside its membership. He was formerly Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Energy Issues, Economic and Foreign Policy Sanctions and Strategic Commodities for the United States Department of State.

In his previous work, Ambassador Ramsay was U. S. Ambassador to the Republic of Congo, principal U.S. negotiator for the North American Free Trade Agreement for energy and petrochemical issues, economic/ commercial officer in Kinshasa, Zaire, and in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. He served in the Office of Fuels and Energy in Washington and subsequently in the U.S. delegation to the European Community in Brussels with responsibilities for policies on commodities, energy and nuclear policy. In the 1980s, he was Deputy Chief of the U.S. Liaison Mission in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and afterwards, Economic Counselor in the Embassy there before serving again in Washington as Director of the office which formulated and oversaw implementation of U.S. international energy policy.

As Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy, Resources and Food Policy from 1989 - 1993, he was responsible for U.S. policy in the international trade and production of energy, industrial and agricultural commodities. At the same time he was the U.S. delegate to the International Energy Agency's Governing Board and Chairman of its senior standing policy committee.

Ambassador Ramsay is a native of Michigan, and a graduate of Michigan State University, where he obtained bachelor's and master's degrees, and the University of Stanford, where he received a graduate degree in international economics.

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