Lead Economist
EBRD
After ten years in Georgia’s Foreign Service, in 2005-2012 Dimitri Gvindadze served as Deputy Minister of Finance of Georgia for International Affairs and as Minister of Finance of Georgia. He contributed to the return of Georgia’s economy to the growth path after the global economic crisis of 2008-2009 and helped to secure upgrades of the sovereign credit ratings.
Dimitri then worked as First Deputy CEO at the Partnership Fund (sovereign private equity fund of Georgia) and as Director of the National Investment Agency, coordinating elaboration of an outside-in perspective on Georgia’s investment potential, including validation of flagship sectors and projects for the FDI push strategy. After exiting the public sector, Dimitri worked as Global Head of Research in the Tbilisi-based Liberty Securities and pursued career in international consultancy. Since 2014, Dimitri works as Lead Economist in the EBRD.
Dimitri holds MPA/ID degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and MS degree in engineering from the Georgian Technical University. He studied financial programming and policies, international relations and development in the United States, the Netherlands and France. At various times, he worked as invited lecturer in macroeconomic reasoning and practice.