CENTORA GROUP
TEAM

Built by operators,
guided by conviction.

MISSION

To build and operate enduring businesses that raise the standard of every market they enter.

VISION

A group whose companies lead their categories — from the Caucasus to global markets.

PHILOSOPHY

Conviction before capital. Operators over spectators. Discipline shared across every business.

THE TEAM
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David Tushishvili PHOTO
Managing Partner
Salome Chapidze PHOTO
Partner — Tax
Givi Chkhartishvili PHOTO
Managing Partner
Merab Machavariani PHOTO
Managing Partner
Jaba Chkhartishvili PHOTO
Partner — Real Estate
Nodar Baghashvili PHOTO
Partner — Capital Markets
Shota Ioseliani PHOTO
Partner — Retail
David Zgudadze PHOTO
David Zgudadze
Partner — Finance
David Zgudadze PHOTO

David Zgudadze

Partner — Finance

David Zgudadze is Vice President and Regional Director at Mastercard, covering Georgia and Armenia, with over 20 years of experience in digital payments, e-commerce and financial infrastructure. He leads Mastercard’s business and market development across both markets, working with banks, fintechs, merchants and regulators to expand digital acceptance, modernise payment infrastructure and introduce new products and capabilities to the region. Prior to Mastercard, he held senior digital and e-commerce leadership roles in the Georgian banking sector during the formative period of the country’s online payments market. A certified company director (IoD) with a double MBA from Grenoble École de Management and the Caucasian Business School, he is a proponent of Georgia as a laboratory for payments innovation, combining commercial execution with regulatory fluency and institutional leadership.

EDUCATION
Grenoble École de Management & Caucasian Business School
Double MBA
Institute of Directors (IoD)
Certified Company Director
OFFICE
Georgia
CAREERS

Build something that outlasts you.

We hire operators, engineers and analysts across twelve businesses and four offices. Most roles sit inside a portfolio company; a few sit at the group, working across all of them.

Portfolio companies
Engineering, operations and commercial roles at Noxtton, Hapttic, Terminal, EMG and the rest of the group.
Group functions
Legal, tax, finance and investment roles supporting every company we support.
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