Sergo Turmanidze joined the team at Transparency International Georgia in November 2023, assuming the role of Donor Relations and Fundraising Manager. Since the year 2000, Sergo has contributed his skills and expertise to various organizations in Georgia and internationally across a number of sectors, such as NGOs, business, research, and education.

With a recent technical and academic background spanning over a decade of robust working experience at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA), Sergo honed his skills in a range of areas, including fundraising, proposal writing, project management, strategic planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL), project reporting, communication, outreach, visibility, and promotion. In addition, his academic pursuits include comprehensive training in Marketing, Business Development, Organizational Development, Strategic Planning, Management, Research and Analysis, Fundraising, Grant Hunting, and Proposal Writing, among other disciplines. Additionally, he engages in freelance consultancy, providing services such as external project evaluation, research and strategic planning for both public and private entities.

Sergo possesses a Master’s degree in Public Administration, awarded by GIPA in 2006 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Additionally, he holds another Master’s degree in Business Administration from the London School of Commerce (LSC), Cardiff Metropolitan University (UWIC), conferred in 2009 in London, UK.