Lado Gurgenidze
Georgian politician (born 1970)
Vladimer "Lado" Gurgenidze (Georgian: ვლადიმერ [ლადო] გურგენიძე; born 7 December 1970) is a Georgian career banker, business executive, and former politician, who was the prime minister of Georgia from 22 November 2007 to 1 November 2008.
Early life
Gurgenidze was born on 7 December 1970 in Tbilisi, Georgia. 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.
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 Rose Revolution and spearheaded, as Executive Chairman and CEO, the turnaround of Bank of Georgia. During Lado's three-year tenure Bank of Georgia's Total Assets and Net Income increased by 854% and 1,779%, respectively. As its market share grew from 18% to 34%, Bank of Georgia became the leading universal bank in Georgia and in the region, with market capitalisation exceeding US$900 million at the time of Lado's departure (up from US$30 million at the time of his arrival). Under Lado's leadership Bank of Georgia became the first Georgian entity and the second bank from former Soviet Union to list its shares on the London Stock Exchange (November 2006), also the first-ever Georgian entity to issue international Eurobonds (February 2007) and obtain credit rating from all three major rating agencies (Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch Ratings). During Lado's tenure, more than 100 institutional investors became shareholders of Bank of Georgia's and the bank's free float reached 94%.
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