Tamar Sanikidze

Tamar Sanikidze joined the I2Q Project as Executive Director in June, 2020.

Tamar Sanikidze has more than 20 years of professional experience. Since 1998 Ms. Sanikidze held different executive positions in private, non-governmental, international and public institutions. Since 2009 she was actively involved in the field of education and provided administrative, academic and consultation services to different education institutions.

In 2012-2013, Ms. Sanikidze acted as the First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia and later, during 2013-2016 as Minister of Education and Science of Georgia. From July 2016 to September 2018, she held the position of Director of National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement (NCEQE) in Georgia. Since 2017, she is engaged in development of higher education system as a Higher Education Reform Expert of Erasmus plus (SPHERE, Erasmus +, CoE). Since November 2018 she became a member of the think tank organization, the International Institute for Education Policy Planning and Management (EPPM).

Ms. Tamar Sanikidze holds PhD in Business Administration, Master’s degree in Public administration, BA in English Language and Literature and has background in financial management.