Lado Gurgenidze is the former Prime Minister of Georgia. A Georgian and British citizen, Gurgenidze is a career banker who has worked at investment banks in Eastern Europe and London. In 2004 he returned to his native Georgia to serve as executive chairman of the Bank of Georgia. During his tenure, the bank's total assets and net income grew 760 percent and 1,563 percent, respectively, and its market share grew from 18 percent to 34 percent. In 2007, Gurgenidze agreed to serve as prime minister of Georgia, leading the nation's economy through the final phase of market reforms. In the aftermath of the 2008 Georgia-Russian conflict over South Ossetia, he helped to stabilize the financial sector. Gurgenidze also led the first-ever international equity and debt capital markets issues by Bank of Georgia and the government. He graduated from the Tbilisi State University and Middlebury College, and received an M.B.A. from Emory University.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.
