Transparency International Georgia executive director
Eka Gigauri

Biography, according to TI Georgia

Eka Gigauri joined Transparency International Georgia in November 2010 as Executive Director of the organization. Under her leadership, TI Georgia’s staff has increased from 20 to 40, five regional offices have been established and numerous projects have been successfully implemented. In 2015, Eka Gigauri was named one of the best Directors in the TI Global Movement. In November 2019, Eka Gigauri was elected as a board member of Transparency International global movement. From November 2021 she will be joining the Board for a three-year term

Eka Gigauri is a specialist in International Relations, with a degree from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Having obtained a Masters Degree in Business Administration at the Caucasus School of Business, Eka graduated from VU University Amsterdam with a LLM in International Law. Moreover, Eka completed the Senior Executive Programme at George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. In 2017, she became a Fellow of the Stanford University Democracy and Development Programme.

Eka has extensive experience in working in governmental, non-governmental and private sectors, mainly in the fields of foreign relations (including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs etc.) and marketing and communications consultancy (including Marriott International, Institute for Polling and Marketing etc.). Her most prominent roles include the Deputy Head of the Border Police of Georgia, where she was conducting and supervising successful anti-corruption reforms of the Border Police. Eka has extensive experience in supervising projects funded by USAID, SIDA, NED and other international donor organisations.

Former PM of Georgia; For Georgia chairman
Giorgi Gakharia
Public Defender of Georgia
Nino Lomjaria
European Georgia chairman
Giga Bokeria
Eka Gigauri: During my questioning they asked whether I received payment for giving a comment to the BBC, which is an incomprehensible question - they are doing all this to cover up the alleged crime: that a chemical agent was used against the people
Eka Gigauri before questioning: We are watching a theatrical performance; they summon doctors and victims for questioning, not those who may have played a role in the crime – I can say that I also felt unwell after the dispersals
The State Security Service summons Eka Gigauri for questioning: she requests to be questioned before a magistrate judge
Transparency International calls on Georgian government to end all harassment and intimidation of civil society; uphold the rights to freedom of association, expression, and fair tria
Eka Gigauri: The questions were about whether I personally helped the fined individuals, and also, it seems, the problem was buying 7-8 diapers during the protests - the problem is that we talk about problems and fight for a European future
In the so-called sabotage case, Eka Gigauri will be questioned in court today
Eka Gigauri on the so-called “sabotage case”: They are looking for a reason to stop NGOs and leave citizens without assistance, alone in the face of illegality and oppression – even our arrest is not excluded, we are expecting anything
Nathalie Loiseau: The “Georgian Dream” regime is turning Georgia into a Stalinist regime
Joe Wilson: Ivanishvili is doing everything possible to ban America and ensure China's dominance in the country
Eka Gigauri: We emphasize that we are not going to live according to Russian laws in Georgia - we will not provide Bidzina Ivanishvili with personal information about people under our protection
David McAllister to Georgian civil society: You are not alone, we are with you - thank you for everything you have done for Georgia and continue to do so!
Rasa Juknevičienė: My appeal to journalists in the European Union and other countries is to mention Mzia Amaglobeli often
Eka Gigauri: It is understandable why Ivanishvili’s Dream sued critical TV channels – they do not want people to know the truth about what is happening in Georgia or in the world - be “impartial” means be “silent”
NGOs: Evidence in the case of 8 people detained for blocking the highway suggests that reports were likely falsified – Detention deadlines, procedures violated, and personal searches were illegal
Eka Gigauri: Civil society representatives will resist the act of persecution against the Georgian people - we are confident that we will win this fight
NGOs: Video and photo materials in the case of Andro Chichinadze, Onise Tskhadadze and 9 other individuals were obtained in gross violation of the legislation and constitute inadmissible evidence that cannot serve as a basis for a guilty verdict
Eka Gigauri: The Georgian people and those groups that are fighting for a democratic Georgia and its European future have bipartisan support from the United States - the ruling party should think about this
NGOs: The case against Zviad Tsetskhladze, Irakli Miminoshvili, Vasil Kadzelashvili, Vepkhia Kasradze, Giorgi Gorgadze, Nikoloz Javakhishvili, Tornike Goshadze and Insaf Aliyev is “artificially made up and politically motivated
Ambassador of Korea Hyon Du KIM - Korea’s strength lies in high-tech manufacturing while Georgia’s strength is in logistics and service areas - Georgia should not be just considered as a single market but as a market that can encompass the region and beyond
Oleksii Reznikov - Russia, in reality, is a paper tiger