Ekpedeme "Pamay" M. Bassey is an entrepreneur, world traveler, educator, comedian, philosopher, and author of the book: My 52 Weeks of Worship: Lessons from a Global, Spiritual, Interfaith Journey. She is the daughter of Patricia M. Bassey (nee Etomi) and the late Dr. Ephraim N. Bassey.

 

After 13 years as president of The Pamay Group, LLC, an e-learning design and strategy company, she has now taken the role of Global Head of Learning Platform and Professional Development at BlackRock, the world's largest asset management firm, based in New York City, where she was born. 

 

Since Pamay's first trip to Nigeria as an adult, she has been committed to learning as much as she could about our expansive family history, starting with a Q&A session with Aunty Biodun,  who tirelessly listed all the members of the Etomi clan for her, starting generations back and up until the present, which she documented in an Etomi Family spreadsheet. The list since then, of course has grown! Pamay was part of the original brain trust who kicked off the planning for this exciting family gathering, and is so excited to be able to come home to see it come to life.