Strategic and visual communications, branding, and marketing specialist. Leadership positions in companies such as TBC Bank/Group, Red Bull, and Philip Morris International. Organizer of over 1,000 social projects and events in several countries.

Expertise: Communications, business strategy, design strategy, creative skills, leadership, social responsibility (CSR), reputational risks, content, customer experience, and UX/UI design. Founder of the Design Institute.

Book artist, illustrator, designer, curator, Invited Professor at the International School of Design, Georgian Technical University. Founder and director of the Book Art Center Tbilisi, Co-founder Diogene Publishers, one of the first independent publishing houses in Georgia, One of the organizers of the first Georgian children’s book and children’s book illustration contest, Initiator of founding the Georgian Publisher’s Association, Curator of the Georgian collective stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Professor of Graphic Design, Typography, Book Design, Children’s Book Illustration at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, the Tbilisi Free University, and the International Design School of the Georgian Technical University, Founder of Virgam Virtual Publishers – an informal creative student program which supported and supervised the creation of more than 100 picture books, photo books, and artist books by young book artists, illustrators and photographers, Founder of the Book Art Center Tbilisi – a non-governmental institution committed to the development of book art, book design, and book illustration in Georgia and internationally, For its contribution to Georgian children’s illustration, the Book Art Center Tbilisi was twice nominated from Georgia for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, Chief curator of the Tbilisi Book Days international festival for book art and design, Curator of numerous international exhibitions of children’s book Illustration, Founder of 1/16 – a monthly series of photo- and artbooks by prominent Georgian artists and photographers.

Brand & Strategic Communications Specialist, Marketer, Lecturer serving as an invited faculty member at Caucasus University and Business & Technology University, President of ACAG (Association of Creative Agencies in Georgia), 15 years of experience with Georgian & International Brands from FMCG, telecommunications, finance, and hospitality sectors - Geocell, Philip Morris, IQOS, TBC, Adjara Group.

Advisory board member at Design Institute.

Managing Partner and the CEO at the Playmakers Agency. 15+ experience in the field of marketing & business. Previously, Creative Lead at TBC. Invited lecturer at Caucasus University, Business & Technology University, Georgian University, GIPA. Wharton Business School Leadership Program graduate. Author of 2 novels: "Balanda", "Sonata Compositions / String Quartet"

Advisory Board Member at Design Institute