Chairman
ilekvinadze@gcca.gov.ge
WORKING EXPERIENCE
November 27, 2019 - present- Chairman of the Georgian National Competition Agency
From 2022 to the present, an associate professor at the Caucasus International University
2018–2019 Business Ombudsman of Georgia
2015 - 2017 Deputy Mayor - Tbilisi City Hall
2014 Invited Lecturer - International Black Sea University (IBSU)
2009 –2016 Invited Lecturer - Ilia State University
2013 Founder - English language newspaper “Caucasian Business Week“
2012 Founder – Georgian Business and Political Insight Ltd - BPI; Business Portal - www.BPI.ge
2012–2015 Assistant, Researcher - Ilia State University’s research and consulting Center “IliaUni
Business Review”
2010–2011 Head of Commercial Department - „ Georgian Media Union Holding”
2009–2010 Commercial Director - Georgian Business Consulting Georgian Business Week
2006–2009 Chief Editor - Georgian Business Consulting
2002–2006 Editor - Newspaper Banks and Finance
2004 –2005 Project Manager - Consulting Group GEPRA
2000 –2006 Vice President - Budget and Finance Committee Member; Association of Young Financiers and Businessmen
EDUCATION
2012 –2015 PhD in Business Administration - Ilia State University. PhD research article – “The Impact of Administrative Decisions on Competition Policy in Georgia".
2013– Business Research Methods (Certificate) Maastricht School of Management, Holland
2003– 2001 Master of Economics - Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU)
2001– 1997 Bachelor of Economics - Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU)
QUALIFICATION
2017 Asian Development Bank (ADB). Leadership Program – “Sustainable Urban and Inclusive Development and Climate Change” Tokyo, Japan;
2014 Consultant - EBRD-'s BAS- program (Small and Medium Business Assistance Program (SBS));
2013 –2015 Member of Advisory Board of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia;
2011–2014 Trainer - Workshops in Economics with the Youth Organizations of Political Parties, The International Republican Institute (IRI)
2014 Trainer - Workshops in Economics for the representatives of local Self-Government, Netherlands Institute of Multiparty Democracy (NIMD);
2014 Trainer – “House of Europe”
2012(March-April) Media Sales (Certificate) by the Academy of Management, IREX.
PUBLIC ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Articles, interviews, comments, and analytical evaluations are periodically published in various media platforms;
• Forbes Magazine, February 2014 - “What Should Be an Effective Antitrust Policy”;
• American Magazine – Eastern European and Central Asian Research, the article– Political and Economic Decisions and Competition – What is the Efficient Antimonopoly Policy, 2014;
2003 - On the occasion of Economist Day, he has received Special Thank from the President of Georgia.
LANGUAGES: English, Russia
