His main areas of expertise lie in conflict resolution, mediation, international security, disarmament and non-proliferation.
His latest assignment was as United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Special Envoy for Syria from September 2014 to March 2019.
Prior to this, Ramzy served in the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 38 years which culminated in the position of Senior Under-Secretary in 2012 .
Ramzy also served as the Head of the League of Arab States Permanent Mission to the UN and other international organizations in Vienna (2013-2014).
He was speaker at various international fora and events , amongst which are the Manama Dialogues, Sir Bani Yas, Munich Security Conference Strategy Forum, The Valdai Discussion Club, Middle East Institute,the Tahrir Dialogues and the Beirut Institute Summit.