Грузия саяхатшысы және бизнесмен Алекси Алексишвили

Georgian politician and businessman

Aleksi Aleksishvili (born 21 February 1974) is a Georgian politician and businessman. He is Chairman of the Board, Policy and Management Consulting Group, PMCG.

Aleksi Aleksishvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 1974. He graduated from the faculty of Economics, Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in 1996. In 2004 he graduated from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, US, with a Master of Arts in International Development Policy, Public Finances and Management. In June 2004, he was awarded the Certificate for the Successful Completion of the E. S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program, The US Department of State, Washington, DC, US.

Aleksishvili was elected chairman of UN Commission for Sustainable development in 2005 2006. During his chairmanship, the 14th session of the UN CSD focused on progress in Energy for Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Air Pollution and Industrial Development.

While working as a Minister of Finance of Georgia, Aleksishvili successfully implemented reforms in Public Finance, Tax and Customs Policy and Administration, Economic Deregulation and Liberalisation domains. Georgia was ranked by the World Bank “Doing Business” survey as the world's #1 reformer country in 2005 10. During this period (2004–2007), Georgia improved from 132nd place to 18th in the ranking of “Ease of Doing Business” by the World Bank. He conducted Tax and Customs reforms: reducing the number of taxes from 22 to 7 and reducing the national tax burden from 45% to 27% of GDP, while increasing tax compliance rate from 13% to 25% of GDP. He introduced one of the simplest tax systems in the region. Foreign Direct Investment increased from 250 m USD in 2004 to 2,100 m USD in 2007. GDP growth rate was more than 9% each year.

In December 2007 Aleksishvili became chairman of the board, Policy and Management Consulting Group (PMCG). From February–December 2008 he was on the board of Kala Capital LLC, an investment company, where supervised the establishment of Progress Bank JSC. from September 2007 March 2008, he supervised monetary and financial policy implementation as a board member of National Bank of Georgia. In June 2010 he was a panelist and presenter at the regional meeting “Introduction to Identification and Management of Financial Risks for Energy Projects”, Vienna, Austria, organised by International Atomic Energy Agency. He was panelist and presenter at Eurasia Emerging Markets Forum, Thun, Switzerland.

November, 2007 Certificate of Appreciation for Commitment to Making Georgia Open for Business. Business Climate Reform (BCR), US International Development Agency
June, 2004 Certificate for the Successful Completion of the E. S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program, The US Department of State, Washington, DC, USA. October, 2000 Certificate on the award of the U. S. Embassy's Democracy Commission Grant for the project entitled “Development of the Local Self Governments in Georgia”. September 2000 “Training for Trainers Working in Central and Eastern Europe”, European Youth Center/ Council of Europe. September 1996 Certificate of Achievement. Training Course in International Trade, The US Information Service Agency.