Bakari studied Economics at Tbilisi State University, International School of Economics (ISET) and Rice University. Later, he received his PhD in Business Administration from the Tbilisi Technical University and completed various trainings and studies at the IMF Institute, World Bank, and CFA Institute. Throughout his professional career, Bakari has worked at the Ministry of Finance and National Bank of Georgia, served as a Deputy Director of the ISET Policy Institute and is a co-founder of the Georgian Economic Literacy Initiative (GELi). In addition, he has more than 15 years of teaching experience at various universities in Georgia and internationally. Bakari is passionate about investments, decentralized finance, blockchain technologies, and EdTech