SPEAKERS

Giorgi Pertaia is elected President of Georgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry since July, 2019.

Giorgi Pertaia has extensive experience in management, consulting and advisory work in a wide variety of fields. In 2017-2019 he founded and managed LLC Keystone Investments. In 2012-2016 he held the position of Director at Georgian National Inevstment Agency. In 2011-2012 he was the first Business Ombudsman of Georgia.

In 2010-2011 Mr. Pertaia was appointed as the Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of Georgia. He was an Independent Consultant - Trade Specialist at Booz Allen Hamilton from 2009 to 2010 in Virginia, USA. In 2009 he was a Graduate Assistant at Western Illinois University.

In 2005-2008 Mr. Pertaia held the position of the Head of Trade and Transport Committee at American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), in 2004-2005 Customs Expert at EU funded customs project: “Technical assistance to the development of secondary customs legislation and customs management at Georgia”. Moreover, in 2001-2004 he held the position of Senior Inspector - Deputy Head of Planning and Control Division at Customs Department of Ministry of Finance of Georgia. In 2003 -2004 Logistics Operational Specialist at Task Force GSA (Georgia Security Assistance) Kellogg Brown & Root –Halliburton. In 1998-1999 Credit Officer at Joint-Stock Company Agro Industrial Bank.

In 2007 – 2008, Mr. Pertaia Delivered lectures in International Trade issues at Tbilisi State University. He is the author of 3 publications. He speaks 2 languages English and Russian.

Giorgi Pertaia graduated in Finance at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and holds Master’s degree in Business Administration from Western Illinois University, Illinois, USA.