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George Tkhelidze
Chief Executive Officer
TBC Bank
George Tkhelidze
CEO, TBC Bank
George Tkhelidze is the Chief Executive Officer of TBC Bank, a role he has held since March 2026. He joined TBC in 2014 as Deputy CEO and Chief Risk Officer, and has also overseen the Bank’s Wealth Management and leasing businesses since 2021.
George has more than 20 years of experience in global financial services. Prior to joining TBC, he worked for Barclays Investment Bank, where he held the position of Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group (FIG), EMEA. Before that, he was an Associate Director in the Barclays Bank Debt Finance and Restructuring teams. During his career at Barclays in London, George worked on and executed multiple M&A, debt and capital markets transactions with European financial institutions. In his earlier career in Georgia, George served as the Chief Executive Officer at Aldagi, the leading insurance company in Georgia, and held progressively senior positions at the same company prior to that.
George is a Stanford Executive Program (SEP) graduate, holds an MBA from the London Business School and a Master of Laws degree (LLM) in International Commercial Law from the University of Nottingham.
Speaking At
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12:45–1:30pmTue 27 OctSummit StageKavkasioni Ballroom, Level 1Open
Securing the Future
The Banking Dialogue: Banking on Georgia – Leadership, Strategy, and the Road to 2027
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Aleksi KhoroshviliChief Executive OfficerSilk Bank
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Archil GachechiladzeChief Executive OfficerBank of Georgia
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Ekaterine MikabadzeFirst Vice-GovernorNational Bank of Georgia
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George TkhelidzeChief Executive OfficerTBC Bank
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Vakhtang BabunashviliChief Financial OfficerLiberty, Basisbank Group
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Maha El DimachkiChief Executive Officer, GFTN SolutionsGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
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? -
