Pamay Bassey

Chief Learning Officer The Kraft Heinz Company

Pamay Bassey is Chief Learning Officer for the Kraft Heinz Company, where she creates a culture of

continuous learning and drives the company’s global learning and development strategy and initiatives

through Ownerversity, Kraft Heinz’s corporate university. Pamay has deep expertise in learning

theories derived from artificial intelligence research and practical experience designing and developing

highly-rated learning solutions and transformative professional development programs. Prior to Kraft

Heinz, Pamay served as the Global Head of Learning Platform and Professional Development for

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management company. Before that, she was president of The

Pamay Group, an e-learning design and strategy company. Pamay is also Chief Experience Officer of

the My 52 Weeks of Worship Project, through which she facilitates courageous conversations about

cultural and interfaith diversity, inclusion, and understanding. Her 2018 TEDx talk, Navigating Sacred

Spaces, is based on her project work and her book: My 52 Weeks of Worship:Lessons from a Global,

Spiritual, Interfaith Journey. Pamay serves Chair of the National Advisory Board of The Haas Center

for Public Service at Stanford University, is past co-president of the Stanford National Black Alumni

Association, and is a Diamond Life member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, a public

service organization. Pamay earned a B.S. in symbolic systems from Stanford, with an artificial

intelligence concentration, and a M.S. in computer science from Northwestern. She is also a graduate

of the Second City Conservatory program in Chicago, an advanced study of improvisational comedy

and theater.