Manana Kochladze

Email: manana at bankwatch.org

Postal address Tbilisi
Green Alternative
62 Chavchavadze avenue
0162 Tbilisi
Georgia

Languages: Georgian, English, Russian

Manana joined Bankwatch in 1998 and works as Regional Coordinator for the Caucasus since 2002. As the founder of the Tbilisi-based environmental group Green Alternative, Manana is the group's chairwoman as well as IFI program coordinator.

In 2004 Manana was honoured with a coveted Goldman Environmental Prize in recognition of her campaigning work on the controversial Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.

Manana graduated in 1994 with an MSc degree in Biology from Tbilisi State University. She is the author of several reports and other publications focusing on environmental problems.