Ilia Revia is the General Director of Microbank Crystal. He is an accomplished executive with extensive experience leading large-scale transformation and change management initiatives in banking and IT sectors. He began his career as a web developer in 1998, moving into IT Project Management for a US Law firm in 2001-2006, and Project Manager for TBC Bank in 2007-2009. Joining the Bank of Georgia in 2009, he rose to position of Deputy Chief Information Officer and managed several complex programs, including the acquisition of PrivatBank Georgia and Agile transformation. After joining Crystal in the 2nd half of 2019, he has been leading the company’s strategic vision, growth, and transformation. Ilia is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with graduate degrees in Project Management from George Washington University and in IT and Business Innovation from Jonkoping University in Sweden, alongside an undergraduate Mathematics degree from the Georgian Technical University. Ilia is also an elected president of Project Management Institute – Georgia chapter.