Lado Gurgenidze
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Vladimer Gurgenidze | |
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ვლადიმერ გურგენიძე | |
6th Prime Minister of Georgia | |
In office 22 November 2007 – 1 November 2008 | |
President | Mikheil Saakashvili Nino Burjanadze (Acting) Mikheil Saakashvili |
Preceded by | Giorgi Baramidze (acting) |
Succeeded by | Grigol Mgaloblishvili |
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank of Georgia | |
In office 15 September 2004 – 22 November 2007 | |
Succeeded by | Nicholas Enukidze |
Personal details | |
Born | Independent | 7 December 1970
Alma mater | Tbilisi State University Middlebury College Emory University-Goizueta Business School |
Occupation | Investor, banker, free market advocate |
Profession | Business executive |
Signature | |
Website | Bank Website |
Vladimer "Lado" Gurgenidze (Georgian: ვლადიმერ [ლადო] გურგენიძე; born 7 December 1970) is a Georgian career banker, business executive, and the former politician, who was the sixth Prime Minister of Georgia, from 22 November 2007 to 1 November 2008.
Early life
Gurgenidze was born on 7 December 1970 in Tbilisi, Georgia.[citation needed] He received an MBA degree from Goizueta Business School of Emory University (Georgia, USA) in 1993, following undergraduate studies at Middlebury College (Vermont, USA) and Tbilisi State University.[citation needed]
Early banking career
Gurgenidze is a career banker. After a decade spent at several investment banks in Eastern Europe and London. Gurgenidze returned to his native Georgia following the
In 2006 Gurgenidze hosted the licensed Georgian version of
Before returning to Georgia, Gurgenidze was the Managing Director, Head of Europe at Putnam Lovell (now part of
]Political career
In November 2007 Gurgenidze was appointed as the Prime Minister of Georgia and served a one-year term until October 2008.[citation needed] During his short tenure as the Prime Minister, Gurgenidze has initiated significant changes to the fiscal and monetary laws of Georgia which paved the way for Georgia to become a regional trade and financial hub.[citation needed] Gurgenidze has also instigated changes to the Georgian financial services sector and improved the law of Georgia on industrial zones. After the armed conflict between Russia and Georgia, in August 2008, Gurgenidze has played a vital role in stabilising the Georgian economy and financial services sector.[citation needed] He obtained (in September 2008) US$750 million stand-by loan facility from International Monetary Fund and brought into country US$4.5 billion donor aid. As a result of his efforts, the Georgian economy stabilised after the armed conflict with Russia which coincided with the world financial crisis.[citation needed]
In October 2008 Gurgenidze was awarded the Victory Order of St. George.[citation needed]
Current engagements
Since he stepped down as Prime Minister of Georgia, Gurgenidze has been a frequent speaker on issues of economic liberty and free-market reforms at various forums and conferences and advised several developing countries in Africa on free-market reforms. From April 2009, Gurgenidze co-chairs the Emory Center for Alternative Investments. In September 2009, based on the decision of President and the government of Rwanda, Gurgenidze was appointed as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the largest bank in Rwanda, Bank of Kigali.[citation needed]
In September 2009, Gurgenidze established, together with Dinu Patriciu, Liberty Investments, an investment company focusing on financial services institutions in frontier markets with low corruption, low taxes and open economies. In the same month, Liberty Investments announced the acquisition of 91.2% equity interest in Liberty Bank, which has the largest branch network and client base in Georgia, serving some 1.2 million clients.[citation needed] Under Lado’s leadership, the first phase of the turnaround of Liberty Bank has been completed and the bank has returned to profitability in Q1 2010, growing much faster than the Georgian banking sector.[citation needed]
On 26 May 2010, Gurgenidze was awarded the Presidential Order of Excellence for leading the country’s government during an armed conflict with Russia and introducing innovations to the Georgian business.[citation needed]
In 2017, Gurgenidze joined the 4finance, one of Europe's largest online and mobile consumer lending groups, as the chairman of the supervisory board.[1]
References
- ^ "Lado Gurgenidze Becomes Chairman of Supervisory Board at 4Finance". Georgia Today. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
External links
- Watch Interview With Lado Gurgenidze
- A Conversation With Lado Gurgenidze, Co-Chair Of The Emory Center For Alternative Investments
- Putting Georgia On A Path To Recovery; Interview With Lado Gurgenidze for IMF Survey
- Georgia's Future Hinges On West; Heritage Foundation
- Georgia's Search For Economic Liberty: A Blueprint For Reform In Developing Economics
- Georgia Can Be A Guiding Light For Other States
- Interview: Gurgenidze looks to "do a BoG" with Romanian tycoon