Mr. Bahnassi serves as the ILO Chief Technical Adviser on Inclusive Labour Market for Job Creation in Georgia. He has substantive international technical and policy-making experience, having spent the majority of his career working for UN organizations, supporting governments and private sector across varying roles within policy formulation, advisory, research, innovation, management and academic teaching in the Middle-East, Asia, and in North America.
He worked before as the ILO Chief Technical Adviser, Innovations in Labour Market Governance in UAE; Consultant on Labour Market Information for Migration Policy, ILO Bangladesh; Specialist, Jobs, Livelihoods and Inclusive Growth; and Director of Labour Market Observatory in UNDP. Prior to this, he also held various positions in UNDP Bangladesh, Yemen, Syria and Assistant Professor/Lecturer in multiple universities (USA, UK, and UAE). He holds degrees from University College London (UCL) and Northeastern University in Boston.