Maurice W. House is the Deputy Administrator for the Office of Global Analysis.

He has spent more than 30 years involved in trade and business development. His first job was as a grain merchandiser with Cargill Inc.

In 1984, Mr. House began his career with FAS as an agricultural economist, where he created an index for subsidizing wheat exports to Algeria. He later visited Yemen, Morocco, and Tunisia to set up similar programs. Mr. House created the current index for calculating the U.S. rice supplement. Later, Mr. House was assigned as a marketing representative for the U.S. Grains Council, where he was responsible for managing overseas marketing.

In 1985, Mr. House joined the Foreign Service, and in 1986, he was assigned to Algiers, Algeria, as the Deputy Trade Officer. He successfully convinced the Algerian Ministry of Commerce to use the United States as the primary source for agricultural products. As a result, U.S. agricultural exports increased from $95 million to $980 million in the span of one year.

Following his tour in Algeria, Mr. House returned to Washington in the position of Area Manager for Export Credits, Asia-Middle East region. He was responsible for managing a $1.2 billion loan portfolio to enhance U.S. trade potential. He was also responsible for developing export credit and commercial loan programs for Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kuwait and Egypt.

In 1992, he was assigned to Lagos, Nigeria, as Agricultural Counselor. While in Nigeria, Mr. House successfully reopened the market for U.S. rice and wheat. Subsequent assignments were to Islamabad, Pakistan (1995-98), Bangkok, Thailand (1998-2002), and most recently as Minister-Counselor for Agricultural Affairs in Beijing, China (2003-2007). All of these assignments involved development, market access, trade and trade policy work.