Vakhtang Charaia

Vakhtang Charaia is the head of Tbilisi State University Center for Analysis and Forecast, a partner institute of the World Economic Forum in Georgia. Previously he has served as: Dean of the School of Business Administration at the Georgian Aviation University, Economic Consultant for the UK-based international peace-building organization International Alert; TV anchor for the Georgian business analysis show “Business Code”; Vice President of the Georgian Small and Medium Enterprises Association; Rector’s Advisor for International Relations at Tbilisi State University; Researcher at Bremen University (Germany). He has won numerous scholarships from the Georgian government, as well as international organizations, including IMF, DAAD, HESP, and EC. He holds a doctorate in economics from Tbilisi State University.