Dr. Akaki Kheladze is a Professor of Management at Kutaisi International University, KIU (Kutaisi, Georgia) and at Grenoble School of Management, GEM (Grenoble, France). He also acts as a distinguished fellow of New Westminster College (Vancouver, British Columbia). Since its foundation, was a Rector at Bank of Georgia University, founded by the Bank of Georgia which is the biggest international player on the regional market and is LSE listed premium 250 company.

Previously, he joined Tbilisi State University as a Dean of School of Economic and Business. Dr. Kheladze holds a dual PhD degree in Management from Caucasus University (Tbilisi, Georgia) and Georgia State University (Atlanta, Georgia, USA). He possesses more than 10 years of teaching experience, providing lectures in the universities and private/public institutions at local and international level. His expertise covers provision of training in the field of strategic and project management, decision making, leadership, management concepts, Business plan development and etc.

In addition, Dr. Kheladze was providing practical consultancy in above mentioned areas. Apart from the teaching activities, Dr. Kheladze worked on the managerial positions in the various private organizations.