Vera Kobalia

Vera Kobalia is currently an AsiaGlobal Fellow at the University of Hong Kong. Previously, she was an International Doing Business Advisor for the Australia Indonesia Partnership for Economic Governance in Jakarta, Indonesia, and also held the role of Deputy Chair of the Board for the Astana Expo 2017 National Company in Astana, Kazakhstan. Between October 2012 to November 2013, Ms. Kobalia was Advisor to the President of Georgia on issues of economic and foreign policy in Tbilisi, Georgia. Prior to this appointment, she held the government position of Minister for the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia in Tbilisi, Georgia.

In addition to being a visiting lecturer at the European Academy of Diplomacy in Warsaw, Poland, Vera is the founder of the “Coalition for Justice”, a non-profit organization that promotes the rights of internally displaced persons in Georgia through advocacy, education, and research. She is fluent in English, Russian, and Georgian and frequently speaks at international conferences and forums, including the Council of Europe’s World Forum for Democracy, the World Economic Forum, the Warsaw Security Forum, and the International Transport Forum.