After his second term at the Organization of American States in 2015, Ambassador Albert Ramchand Ramdin resumed to contributing to the further development of his country of birth, the Republic of Suriname. In that regard he advised the then new minister for foreign affairs on a multitude of strategic policy matters, subsequently joined the private sector with an internationally operating USA based mining company and has served up until present as minister of foreign affairs.
Among his many achievements, Ambassador Ramdin championed the first ever official private sector dialogue with the Permanent Council of the OAS.
He has over 25 years of experience in international negotiation, multilateral diplomacy, development assistance, public policy development and execution, strategic trade and business facilitation, project management, fundraising and key expertise in competitiveness.
He has worked on institutional reform and restructuring at government, nongovernment levels and in the private sector to achieve tangible solutions and results. He has an extensive network of contacts with highest and relevant levels of government, private sector, civil society and institutions in the Americas.
He has been involved in several non-state activities ranging from contributions to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, chair of the mining Group in the Trade and Business organization, as well as supporting the political party VHP, the Progressive Reformist Party.
Ramdin was an event speaker at the Dialogue.
