Lasha Abashidze

Date of birth:
June 20, 1983
Work Experience:
May 2025 – Present – General Director, JSC Georgian Railway
2018 – 2025 – Private Sector
2015 – 2017 – Vice Mayor of Tbilisi, First Deputy Mayor
2014 – 2015 – Governor of Vake District, Tbilisi
2013 – 2014 – Head of Administration, Administration of President of Georgia
2012 – 2013 – Head of Internal Audit, Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia
2011 – 2012 – Chief Business Development Officer, Financial Institution (London, United
Kingdom)
2010 – 2011 – Chief of Operations Department, JSC Georgian Railway
2008 – 2010 – Deputy Director of Freight Transportation, JSC Georgian Railway
2006 – 2008 – Chief of Procurement Agency, JSC Georgian Railway
Education:
2004 – 2005 – Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA), Master’s degree, Public
Administration
1999 – 2004 – Tbilisi State University, LLM in International Law