The state-owned JSC Partnership Fund, which holds stakes in some of the major state enterprises, made changes in the leadership of Georgian Railway and Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation (GOGC) on November 27.
Oleg Bichiashvili has been appointed as the first deputy CEO of Georgian Railway. According to the company, Bichiashvili, who has “several decades of working experience” in Georgian Railway, will serve as an acting CEO of the company.
Irakli Ezugbaia, who served as Georgian Railway’s CEO for seven years, resigned in late October. Konstantine (Koka) Guntsadze was appointed as new chairman of supervisory board of the Georgian Railway. Guntsadze told Maestro TV on November 28, that making the Georgian Railway “free from political meddling” would be one of the priorities.
Guntsadze was an opposition lawmaker in 2004-2008 and was with various opposition parties and movements since then. Most recently he was with Voters’ League, an election watchdog group, which he co-founded in February 2012 specifically for October 1 parliamentary elections.
