Dr Irakli Laitadze
Senior Research Fellow
Irakli Laitadze held key positions in Diplomatic Service and Corporate sector. He has
worked in Brussels, in the Mission of Georgia to the EU and Embassy of Georgia in Belgium,
After Diplomatic Service Irakli Laitadze was Financial Director of GMT Hospitality of
GMT Group.1 Then Irakli was Director of Publishing House Artanuji.
Irakli Laitadze has graduated from Tbilisi State University, Diplomatic School of
Madrid (MA) and Cambridge University (MBA). He holds a Ph.D. in Humanities (Magna cum
laude) from Tbilisi Free University.
Irakli has written three books (One fiction and two of documentary prose). His book,
Soviet Georgia – A Personal Journey Through Recent History, was in the short-list of Literary
