David Grigolia
David Grigolia
First Deputy Chairperson, National Wine Agency – October 2018 to present
Date of Birth: May 24, 1967
Education
• Agricultural College, Georgian Academy of Sciences for Environmental Protection and Planning, Georgia, September 1990 – June 1993
• Agribusiness Management, Winemaking, and Food Industry
Master’s Degree
• Georgian Agricultural Institute, Georgia, September 1984 – June 1989
Engineer-Mechanic, Agricultural Mechanization
Master’s Degree
Work Experience
• Minister’s Adviser, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, December 2017 – October 2018
• Minister’s Adviser, Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia, November 2016 – December 2017
• Project Manager, USAID; Economic Development Project (EPI), January 2015 – December 2016
• Chairperson’s Adviser, LEPL National Wine Agency, December 2012 – August 2014
• Supply Chain Manager, Economic Development Initiative (EPI), December 2010 – November 2012
• Managing Director, Egres-CZ a.s (Czech Republic), January 2006 – August 2010
• Director, LLC Faravan Perlite, January 2005 – December 2005
• Manager, Progetra a.s, May 2004 – December 2004
• Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, December 2001 – April 2004
• Head of Food Industry Department, Ministry of Agriculture, August 2000 – December 2001
• Founder, LLC Modus, March 1998 – August 2000
• Manager, LLC Coca-Cola Bottler Georgia, January 1995 – December 1999
• Director, LLC Master Trade, May 1994 – March 1998
• Manager, “Lilo” Experimental Factory, November 1989 – December 1993
Languages
Georgian (native), English, Russian
Trainings and Other Achievements
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, March 1994 – April 1994
Food Products Technology, Food Industry, Certificate
• Lincoln University, March 1994 – April 1994
Food Products Technology, Food Industry, Certificate