──── About Paramedium
We are Growth Consultants. Planning & execution partners.
Great ideas deserve great execution. We bridge the gap between ambition and structured pathways — embedding ourselves as your partners from the first idea to the last handshake.
Our Story
Paramedium was founded on a single belief: great ideas deserve great execution. Too many businesses have the ambition but lack the structured pathway to get there. We bridge that gap.
We are not traditional consultants who hand you a report and leave the room. We embed ourselves as your planning and execution partners — from market intelligence and feasibility all the way through stakeholder mobilization, regulatory navigation, and international market entry. We stay until the work is done.
What makes us different is our architecture. Our core team brings together expertise across business strategy, governance, risk, compliance, market research, and business development. Around that core, we deploy a curated network of sector-specific subject matter experts — allowing us to tackle complex projects across diverse industries and geographies without compromise.
─── The Founder
Bassel Khreiss
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Bassel Khreiss has spent over 15 years delivering results in business strategy, market research, business development, governance, risk, and compliance — advising multinationals and SMEs across retail, F&B, manufacturing, power, oil & gas, and government sectors throughout MENA and Europe. Trained at Deloitte, he built a track record of leading on-the-ground consulting missions in Lebanon, France, Iraq, Egypt, Kuwait, and Cyprus, navigating complex, multi-stakeholder environments to deliver outcomes clients could act on.
That combination — Big Four rigor paired with an entrepreneur’s execution mindset — is what led him to co-found Paramedium, where he now gives clients what larger firms rarely offer: strategic thinking, deep sector expertise, and hands-on commitment to getting the work done.
Education
MSc in Business Development — Grenoble Graduate School of Business (with distinction) Bachelor of Business Administration — American University of Beirut (AUB) Strategy Execution Program — Harvard Business School
Certifications
Certified Governance, Risk & Compliance Professional (OCEG) Certified Governance, Risk & Compliance Auditor (OCEG)
Areas of Expertise
Strategy & Business Development
Market entry strategy, growth planning, business model design, competitive positioning, stakeholder management.
Market Research & Feasibility
Quantitative and qualitative research, demand sizing, competitive analysis, feasibility studies, financial modeling.
Governance, Risk & Compliance
GRC frameworks, corporate governance design, risk assessment, compliance programs, internal audit advisory.
International Operations
Cross-border expansion, market entry execution, partner identification, regulatory navigation across MENA and Europe.
─── What Makes Us Different
Three pillars of differentiation
01
Multi-Sector Capability
Energy, F&B, manufacturing, real estate, humanitarian — our diversified team has delivered across them all. We bring the right specialist for every challenge.
02
Multi-Geography Reach
Offices in Lebanon and Cyprus. Active project experience in Iraq, Egypt, Kuwait, France, and beyond. We operate where our clients need us.
03
End-to-End Execution
We don't stop at strategy. We mobilize, connect, negotiate, and stand alongside you through implementation. Results are our only measure of success.