Ana Kostava

Ms Kostava was appointed as Chief Legal Officer of JSC Bank of Georgia in October 2021.

Ms Kostava joined Bank of Georgia in April 2018 as Senior Group Lawyer (2018-2020) and prior to recent appointment served as Chief Legal Officer of the Bank under the direct supervision of the Deputy CEO, Chief Risk Officer since June 2020. Prior to joining the Bank she served as Associate at international law firm Dechert LLP (2015-2018). Ms Kostava also has experience of working as a lawyer at the World Trade Organization Appellate Body Secretariat (2014) and European Court of Human Rights (2012-2013), prior to which she worked as Chief Legal Officer at one of the projects of Partnership Fund (2012), and as Associate at the law firm LPA (Legal Partners Associated) LLC (2010-2012). Since 2015, Ms Kostava is Associate Lecturer at Free University of Tbilisi.

Ms Kostava obtained her LLM from University of Cambridge and LLB from Caucasus University, Caucasus School of Law. She also holds Harvard Law School Executive Education Certificate of Leadership in Corporate Counsel.