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Tue 27 Oct12:45–1:30pmSummit Stage
The Banking Dialogue: Banking on Georgia – Leadership, Strategy, and the Road to 2027
About This Session
Georgia’s leading banking institutions are navigating digital transformation, new competitive pressures and an expanding opportunity set across Central Asia and beyond.
The CEOs of Bank of Georgia, TBC Bank and Silk Bank join the National Bank of Georgia’s First Vice President in a frank conversation about strategy, scale and what Georgian banking looks like heading into 2027 — from profitability and regional expansion to AI adoption and the evolving relationship between banks and regulators.
Moderated by Maha El Dimachki, CEO of GFTN Solutions, this dialogue brings together the leaders shaping Georgia’s banking future and asks: what does it take to keep a bank commercially strong, regionally connected, and ready for the next decade?
- When
- Tuesday 27 October12:45–1:30pm, Tbilisi time
- Where
- Summit StageKavkasioni Ballroom, Level 1
- Access
- Open
Speakers
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Aleksi Khoroshvili
Chief Executive Officer
Silk Bank
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Archil Gachechiladze
Chief Executive Officer
Bank of Georgia
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Ekaterine Mikabadze
First Vice-Governor
National Bank of Georgia
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George Tkhelidze
Chief Executive Officer
TBC Bank
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Vakhtang Babunashvili
Chief Financial Officer
Liberty, Basisbank Group
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Maha El Dimachki
Chief Executive Officer, GFTN Solutions
Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
Moderator
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Cem SoydemirHead of Payments Market Development - MENA, TCIS & IndiaSwift
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Ekaterine GaldavaVice GovernorNational Bank of Georgia
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Liu HengVice PresidentUnionPay International
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Dr. Kishan SrinivasHead of Business for Europe, GCC & Central AsiaNPCI
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Zdeněk TůmaFormer GovernorCzech National BankModerator
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