Dr. Peter Ramsaroop was appointed by His Excellency, Dr. Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on 2nd October, 2020 as Guyana’s Chief Investment Officer under the Office of the President. In this role, Dr. Ramsaroop leads efforts in both Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) and Local Content Investments (LCI) of Guyana. He also serves as the Head of the Guyana Office for Investment. Dr. Ramsaroop brings significant experience in the private sector as a successful entrepreneur in numerous multi-million startups and executive management roles in Fortune 500 companies.  In areas of Leadership, he served in the US Military and is a war veteran with assignments at the Pentagon and Desert Storm Persian Gulf War.  He is an author of numerous publications, including “Surfing the Leadership Wave” and “Hope for Our Nation Vision 2020.” He has also held associate professor roles at major worldwide universities.

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Dr. Ramsaroop has served in Senior Executive Management roles in both public and private (Fortune 500) companies.  He was the Chairman of RoopGroup Investments (Guyana), Former Chairman and CEO of Evolvent Inc – A Washington DC based Cyber Security Company and Chief Operating Officer of UltraLink, an Allianz (AG) company. He also served as a Consultant to NASA.

He served as a US AIR Force Military Officer (Retired) with service during the Persian Gulf War (Desert Shield/Storm -Southwest Asia) and assignments at HQ, United States Air Force (Pentagon). Served in various functions in Base Operations including NATO Assignments in Europe and Command Headquarters at Tactical Air Command, Air Mobility Command and US Transportation Command. He held an historical four ranks in one year, two enlisted and two officers ranks.

A Proven Entrepreneur with three successful multi-million startups. Evolvent (acquired by ManTech), www.beacongov.com,and HealthCPR)

Author of: Securing Business Intelligence 2004, Surfing the Leadership Wave, 2004, Thriving in the Age of Terror, 2006, Hope for Nation, 2004, The Road to Eldorado, 2006. Advancing Federal Sector Healthcare, (in Progress – “UnInstall”)

Associate Professor – Uniformed Services University, Webster University, Belleville Area College, City Colleges of Chicago and the University of Guyana.

Mr. Ramsaroop holds a Ph.D. in Management and Public Policy.  He also holds an MBA with emphasis in economics and technology from the University of Missouri-Columbia.  He also has two Associates degrees and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance/Management from Park University, Parkville, Missouri. He is a graduate of the USAF Air University Air War College and Squadron Officer School.