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“E-Commerce Will Grow by 100% Per Year” INTERVIEW with VERA PLATONOVA, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT and GROUP COUNTRY MANAGER for VISA CISSEE Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland Give $14 Does Marriage Million To UN Aid For Still Matter? Eastern Ukraine ANI LORTKIPANIDZE, GORBI See on p. 14 See on p. 8 11 February, 2019 News Making Money http://www.fi nchannel.com Tbilisi Preparing to Host Counting on 20 Grammy Award Winner “E-commerce will grow Commodity at 22nd Jazz Festival by 100% per year” Prices Is The FINANCIAL Tbilisi State Conservatoire or- Risky, Says chestrated by Revaz Kiknadze Country Manager for Visa development and operation- will participate in the Festival. Georgia is the CISSEE. Platonova, who al management. Platonova rom the 28th of Febru- nd New Report The 22 Jazz Festival will 2nd country worked for Visa from 2007- joins Visa from MasterCard, ary to the 2nd of March have its grand opening in the 2010 in Ukraine, now over- where she was the General this year Tbilisi will in the World State Conservatoire, with the sees all Visa operations in Manager for the company’s from BCG host the 22nd Jazz Fes- on the number new project Tbilisi Big-Band seventeen markets across representative offi ce in tival, this time head- of contactless The FINANCIAL & New Jazz Generation. This Eastern Europe, Central Asia Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia Flined by none other than 20 will be an event where the transactions and Southeast Europe, and and Central Asia for more Grammy award winner, the younger generation of jazz reports to Visa’s Regional than eight years. legendary American guitar mid growing musicians will meet their Eva BOLKVADZE President of CEMEA, An- The report analyzes the key player Pat Metheny. Tbilisi economic uncer- predecessors to create a tasty drew Torre. drivers of total shareholder Symphony Orchestra, con- The FINANCIAL tainties, mining musical jam. Platonova is a highly ex- return for 63 leading mining ducted by Vakhtang Kakh- companies need perienced executive in the companies. After the severe idze, Tbilisi Big-Band and the to develop value isa in September payment systems and retail downturn from 2011 through students of the jazz faculty of Continued on p. 4 Acreation strategies that are announced Vera banking sectors. Her sev- 2015. independent of commod- Platonova as its enteen-year career includes ity prices and enable them to Senior Vice Presi- strategy development and pursue value creation from Landmark Bakuriani – dent and Group implementation, business Continued on p. 6 V multiple angles. So says a new report from Boston Consult- Enjoy Skiing Year Round ing Group (BCG). The FINANCIAL ing, whose architects came January 2019: Post- Continued on p. 6 up with a creative concept and decided to turn the roof- ho doesn’t ab- top of the building into a ski Christmas Hangover? solutely love track. CURRENCIES skiing? Well, The track is covered with a ISET random people and ask them period, and there’s not much the great news special material so that it can tons of questions. During a re- money left for comfortable trips Feb 9 Jan 19 for all ski lovers work every season, no matter cent taxi ride, after I asked the after the traditional “Supras”, as Wis that in 2020 Landmark Ba- the temperature or weather eing a researcher is not driver how his business was go- well as the recently introduced 1 USD 2.6461 2.6573 kuriani will be open and ready conditions. only my job, it is my ing, he told me that the demand “Secret Santa” gift exchanges. 1 EUR 2.9996 3.0123 to host fans of the sport. way of life. Every time for taxis had fallen signifi cantly 100 RUB 4.0075 4.0221 Landmark Bakuriani is a I get the chance, I start in January. He also added that hotel-type apartment build- Continued on p. 4 Bconversations with January is typically a harsh Continued on p. 2 1 TRY 0.5039 0.5033 © 2019 The FINANCIAL. 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