Prior to joining OFH, Bassem was the Chief Financial Officer of SETA Group, a fashion manufacturing and retail group. Before SETA, Bassem was part of Accelero Capital team, Accelero is an investment and management group based on telecommunications, digital media and technology (TMT), which rapidly diversified into other fields
Prior to that Bassem held the position of Planning Director of Orascom Telecom Holding (“OTH”), responsible for the strategy, business planning and pricing for mobile and fixed operations across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia. He was highly involved in long term plans as well as market activities in different regions.
Before OTH, Bassem was part of the team launching the mobile operation in Iraq, responsible for the budgeting and planning department. Prior to this mission, Bassem was part of the Corporate Strategy team in Mobinil, Egypt’s incumbent operator.
Before joining the telecom field, Bassem worked in Allied Business Consultants, a consultancy firm, working as part of a consortium with KPMG Barents Group LLC, and Carana Corporation, handling different projects with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Before that he was a researcher in A.M.E.R World Research Limited, an affiliate of "Dun & Bradstreet International – England".
Bassem has a Bachelor’s degree in economics and a minor in management. He also finished all MBA courses from Maastricht University in Cairo.