Ivane Barbakadze

Galt & Taggart Asset Management LLC Private Equity (GTAM-PE) is the Georgia-based private equity operation of Galt & Taggart Asset Management LLC, a subsidiary and the sole asset management vehicle of Bank of Georgia JSC. The firm was established in 2007 and has several private equity vehicles to invest funds raised from international and domestic institutional investors as well as individuals in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Abbey Asset Management LLC is headquartered in Tbilisi. Based in Tbilisi, GTAM-PE manages the Liberty Consumer, Caucasus Energy & Infrastructure, SB Real Estate and Caucasus Agro Development investment funds typically investing in fast-growing, relatively small-scale businesses, assisting them in improving strategy, management, financial transparency, and corporate governance with the goal of conducting an IPO at one of the established stock exchanges.