[9] Her paternal grandfather and his brother founded Société Commerciale et Agricole Byblos Frères & Co., a Lebanese company originally focused on natural silk and leather tanning, and subsequently adding agricultural and consumer credit activities.
[13] She then worked in a series of increasingly senior positions, gaining broader experience in retail banking and a reputation for embracing new technologies.
In 2011 Bassil Chelala was made Deputy General Manager, retaining her role as Head of the Group Consumer Banking and Distribution Channels Division.
[14] She also is a member of the Lebanese Cooperative for Development, which uses micro-finance and other tools to reduce poverty and complete the return of Lebanon’s displaced, helping families in towns and villages to resist migration to cities or even other countries.
[17] He is also the co-founder of Byblos Advanced Energy,[18] which specializes in building, maintaining, and operating dual basis low-sulfur heavy fuel oil and liquefied natural gas electricity plants in Lebanon.