Mr. Giorgi Cherkezishvili is the Head of Secretariat of the Investors Council of Georgia, which was
established by the Government of Georgia and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Previously, He served as a Chief Investment Officer at Wings & Freeman Capital, which provides financial
solutions and fundraising services to SMEs and Corporations. From 2017-2018, Mr. Cherkezishvili served
as a Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, responsible for covering
transport and logistics, communications and innovations, investments and entrepreneurship. In
addition, from 2014-2016, Mr. Cherkezishvili worked as a Head of the Investment Department at JSC
Partnership Fund, Georgia’s largest state-owned investment fund. Prior to joining the government, Mr.
Cherkezishvili held different positions in the Corporate Banking Department of JSC Bank of Georgia, a
leading commercial bank in the country. Mr. Cherkezishvili holds an MBA in Global Management from
Grenoble Graduate School of Business, France and Caucasus Business School, Georgia (2015), and an MA
(2003) and a BA (2001) in International Economic Relations from the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State
University.