Bassam Sebti is the Digital Lead for the World Bank's Infrastructure Practice Group. He oversees the editorial process for the Infrastructure digital platforms at the Bank.
Before his current role, Sebti was the Global Editor of www.worldbank.org and prior to that, he managed the World Bank's Arabic web and social media content and channels from 2013 to 2017.
Before the World Bank, Sebti worked as a Senior Assignment Editor at General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) where he edited, managed and assigned news articles for diyaruna.com (formerly Mawtani.com).
From 2008 to 2011, he was the Arabic editor of the International Journalists' Network (IJNet), a multilingual media training resources portal published by the Washington D.C.-based International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).
In his home country Iraq, Sebti was a special correspondent for The Washington Post, where he covered the war and the political process from September 2003 to July 2006.
Sebti has a bachelor’s degree in English from Al-Turath University College in Iraq and a master’s degree in Writing Studies from Saint Joseph's University in the United States.