Ray Ramsay, Qatar Regional Manager, joined SpillConsult in May 2023. Currently heading up the Middle East office in Qatar, working on a consultancy project for the Qatar Oil and Gas Sector.

No stranger to the Middle East having spent time there during his 24-year military career, and also post military as a consultant for an Emergency Response and Crisis Management organisation. The last 8 years has seen Ray in various oil spill response managerial roles in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, one being the Country Manager for an international Oil Spill Response Organisation (OSRO). Ray’s last role in the Middle East, before joining SpillConsult, was as a Business Development specialist with the National Oil Company, Oil Spill and Hazardous Noxious Substances response department.

Achievements, as an expat, have been nationalizing his position as the Emergency Response and Crisis Management Practitioner. Turning a loss-making business into a profitable business. Writing strategy documents and capability plans. The latter leading to upscaling the response capability in purchasing of fit for purpose spill response vessels, new and modern response equipment, as well as increasing manpower to ensure that the department could meet their mandate. Selected as a technical committee member, trainer, and keynote speaker at conferences in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

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