Strategic ReportStrategic ReportStrategic Report Financial Additional Overview Strategy Performance Governance Statements Information Executive management Experienced leadership who deliver our strategy Archil Gachechiladze CEO Please see page 111 for his biography. David Tsiklauri Deputy CEO, Chief Financial Officer David Tsiklauri was appointed as Deputy CEO, Chief Financial Officer in September 2017, prior to which he served as Deputy CEO, Corporate Investment Banking from July 2017. Mr Tsiklauri has extensive experience in banking as well as the corporate segment in Georgia, having worked as the Deputy CEO in charge of Corporate Banking at TBC Bank since 2014. Prior to that he served as the Vice President of the Capital Markets and Treasury Solutions team at Deutsche Bank since 2011, where he started as an associate in the Debt Capital Markets Department in 2008. Mr Tsiklauri has an MBA degree from London Business School. Levan Kulijanishvili Deputy CEO, Operations Levan Kulijanishvili was appointed as Deputy CEO, Operations in September 2017, prior to which he served as BGEO Group PLC’s CFO and as Deputy CEO, Finance of the Bank from February 2016. He has been with the Bank since 1997. During his 20 years of service, Mr Kulijanishvili has held various senior positions, including Head of Compliance and Internal Control from 2009 until his appointment as Deputy CEO, Finance, Head of the Internal Audit department (2000 to 2009), Manager of the Financial Monitoring, Strategy and Planning department (1999 to 2000) and Head of the Financial Analysis division (1997 to 1999). Mr Kulijanishvili received his undergraduate degree in Economics and Commerce from Tbilisi State University and received his MBA from Grenoble Graduate School of Business. Mikheil Gomarteli Deputy CEO, Retail Banking (Emerging and Mass Retail, and Micro Business Banking) Following the split of Retail Banking into two segments in February 2017 due to significant growth in the Retail Banking business, Mr Gomarteli assumed the role of Deputy CEO responsible for Emerging and Mass Retail Banking and Micro Business Banking. Prior to this, Mr Gomarteli had served as the sole Deputy CEO of Retail Banking since February 2009. He has been with the Bank since December 1997. During his 20 years of service with the Bank, Mr Gomarteli has held various senior positions, including Co-Head of Retail Banking (March 2007 to February 2009), Head of Business Development (March 2005 to July 2005), Head of Strategy and Planning (2004 to 2005), Head of Branch Management and Sales Coordination (2003 to 2004), Head of Branch Management and Marketing (2002 to 2003) and Head of Banking Products and Marketing (2000 to 2002). Mr Gomarteli received an undergraduate degree in Economics from Tbilisi State University. Annual Report 2018Bank of Georgia Group PLC 115