Mariam is based in Tbilisi, Georgia, where she works as a Private Sector Engagement Advisor under the US DOL-funded project, “Engaging Workers and Civil Society to Strengthen Labor Law Enforcement.”
Mariam has extensive working experience with private, public sector and international organizations for private sector related matters and reforms, adoption of regulations and policies relevant for businesses and supporting in implementation process. Mariam’s expertise covers business advocacy, improving the business environment, strengthening associations, coalition building and proper engagement of private sector in policy advocacy. Mariam’s professional experience includes working as an in-house legal counsel in the banking, insurance, construction, transportation, and energy sectors.
Mariam received a master’s degree in Jurisprudence from Tbilisi State University and a master’s degree in International Law from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA). She also studied International and Transnational Law at the School of American Law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law.