Shalva Gachechiladze is a Teaching Assistant at the School of Management, Kutaisi International University
(KIU), where he has supported academic instruction, research, and curriculum development since 2024. He
holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and
an MBA in Business Administration and Information Technology from Business and Technology University.
His professional experience includes employment at Bloomberg and independent work as an Investment
Analyst, using the Bloomberg Terminal for financial-market research, trading analysis, and investment
evaluation. His responsibilities have also included team leadership. He has also held sales, projectmanagement,
and team-leadership positions with companies based in the United States, including Via.
His professional development encompasses online academic programs, certificate-based study, and specialist
workshops offered by MIT and Stanford University in financial theory, quantitative finance, and mathematical
modelling. He has also supported technology-oriented educational activities organized by Microsoft
and Intel, including Microsoft Learn for Educators and Management and Orchestration. As a trainer, he
has delivered open lectures and training sessions in economics, financial literacy, and investment analysis,
fostering analytical reasoning among younger generations.
Gachechiladze managed ELI Schools’ national operations for more than nine months, supporting Englishlanguage
and literature education and contributing to the organization’s integration into a wider Commonwealth
of Independent States (CIS) regional structure.
His research focuses on quantitative financial economics, international political economy and
geopolitics, operations research, and the economics of higher education. He applies economic
and political theory, mathematical modelling, and empirical methods to problems involving financial markets,
economic institutions, geopolitical risk, and organizational decision-making.
Selected Research Papers and Manuscripts
• Geopolitical Risk and Supply Chain Decoupling: Evidence from the Russia–India–EU Oil Trade (2025,
research paper) — With Prof. Rupert A. Brandmeier; sanctions, energy security, and international
supply-chain reconfiguration.
• From Graduate Production to Knowledge Production: Higher Education, University Rankings and
Knowledge-Based Economy Readiness in Georgia (2024, research paper) — Human capital, innovation,
and Georgia’s knowledge-based economy.
• Beyond the League Table: Interpreting QS and THE University Rankings in Georgian Higher Education
(2026, research manuscript) — With Prof. Natia Zedginidze-Jishkariani; ranking methodologies,
institutional performance, and graduate employability.
• AI-Generated Art and Cultural Authenticity (2026, research manuscript) — With Prof. Rupert A.
Brandmeier; cultural preservation, economic incentives, and mathematical modelling of AI-generated art.
At KIU, he supports faculty in Investment and Financial Management, Supply Chain Management, Business
Communication, Service Operations Management, and Management Science through seminar instruction,
problem and case development, assessment design, and the translation of theory into applied skills. Together
with Prof. Rupert A. Brandmeier, he created the Supply Chain Management course
and syllabus, integrating mathematical modelling, programming, network analysis, and quantitative business
methods. Their continuing development of the course incorporates inventory models, transportation
networks, optimization, and computational decision support.
He has participated in international academic conferences and scholarly exchanges in Lithuania, Latvia,
Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Georgia, Spain, and the United States, including scientific conferences held in Tbilisi.
