Bassem Nasir is an Education Specialist at UNICEF based in New York, leading the work on secondary education and skills. His portfolio includes the strengthening of multiple flexible pathways to secondary education and supporting governments in the integration of skills including life skills in curriculum, teacher practices and assessment as well as non-formal education.

Bassem has over 24 years of extensive leadership experience in education, youth development, entrepreneurship, sustainability and corporate responsibility having worked with a broad range of multilateral organizations, corporations, nongovernmental organizations, governments and academic institutions.

At the International Youth Foundation (IYF), he served as the Director of Programs leading a portfolio of youth empowerment, employability and life skills related programs. At Intel Corporation, he served as the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Regional Education Manager, driving the company’s corporate responsibility programs in the region working with ministries of education and higher education to enhance quality of education through technology.