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 President of Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili
Speaker of Parliament of Georgia
Shalva Papuashvili
Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Relations with Russia
Zurab Abashidze
Shalva Papuashvili: For a long time, several NGOs have been known to work directly against the Georgian people - Eka Gigauri has now set a target for the donors to hit our country
"Transparency International: Georgia" calls on the Parliament to refuse to accept changes in the "Election Code"
Eka Gigauri: All messages from Georgia are very important, that's why we decided to organize this march to once again send a clear message to the European Union - we, the society, want and need this chance
Levan Bezhashvili: Now it is not relevant to talk about the distribution of parliamentary positions and powers
Eka Gigauri: The fact that Annalena Baerbock first met with NGOs was a declaration of support to the civil sector – she thanked us for our fight for the implementation of the 12 recommendations
Dimitri Gvritishvili: Is it that someone really wants Georgia to join the EU, but the election of Murusidze-Gvritishvili stands in the way? - I'm asking you, where is the clan, in the court or in the non-governmental sector?
Irakli Zarkua: There are people focused on the circulation of topics invented by the activists of the National Movement
Irakli Kobakhidze: The authors of the xenophobic campaign want to somehow drag Georgia into the military conflict
Shalva Papuashvili: Young people with good incomes come to Georgia from Russia, the campaign against them has turned into xenophobia
Eka Gigauri: After so many attacks, the expectation that we will achieve something in terms of integration with the West is very low
Eka Gigauri: Talking about the war serves to intimidate people and shift the focus
Sozar Subari, Dimitri Khundadze and Mikheil Kavelashvili address Kelly Degnan with another open letter
Irakli Kobakhidze on Kelly Degnan's statement: It's unfortunate when you accuse the MP of lies - Kavelashvili was elected by the people and the answer of this form and content was sad and disappointing for me
Mikheil Kavelashvili to Kelly Degnan: We should look for the narrative that America wants to get Georgia involved in war not in FSB manuals, but in the statements of people funded by you or affiliated with you
Eka Gigauri: Our great fear is that we may not be able to seize the opportunity we have in terms of integration into the European Union - we need to show Europe that we want democracy
Eka Gigauri: Government's uncertain positions on supporting Ukraine may be related to Bidzina Ivanishvili and his family members having business interests in Russia
Eka Gigauri: Absolutely everyone who attended the meeting agrees that this process should have an impact on the current problems, we will wait for the President's decision
Eka Gigauri: If the process initiated by the President does not help today's problems, then I cannot see my role or the role of Transparency International in it
George Katcharava - The events of April 2024 determine future trends of global pollical and security architecture