16th of October
TEDxBucharest 2009

Bassam Gemayel

Country Manager

"I am a dreamer that wakes up every morning to go to work."

Bassam Gemayel is a citizen of the world, craving to learn and share as much as he can about and with everyone and everything, he knows, meets or hears about. He is interested in almost everything that tickles the brain or dazzles the soul. He loves to touch and explore what surrounds him, continuously seeking his own balance and the balance of his immediate environment.
"To move a mountain, you start with a stone"

Bassam is a 35-year-old Lebanese who came to Romania two years ago, with the purpose to set up new offices for the software company he worked for.
"These past two years feel more like two decades, as if I had lived two distinct lives: one before and one after my mission in Romania."

After almost leaving school in order to become a shepherd, he finally graduated as an Electrical and Electronical Engineer, and got a job at a Lebanese telecommunications company. After one year, he and four of his colleagues left the mother company to set up a new one, thus starting their professional adventure.

Bassam has travelled since all over the world, developing his business and himself. This nomadic lifestyle happened to suit his natural predilection to travel and explore new cultures and societies. Following up to many years of intermittent leaps around the globe, he felt the need for a more dedicated yet soliciting mission, so he opted for Romania.