Profile

Senior security and border management professional with over two decades of experience in border security, state security, and international security cooperation. Proven expertise in security management, risk analysis, non-proliferation, institutional capacity building, and international advisory roles. Founder and Director with a strong entrepreneurial background and extensive experience working with international organizations.

Experience

FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR / INTELINSIGNIA LLC, 2023 – PRESENT

·       Strategic leadership and management of a security and sustainability-focused consultancy.

·       Development and management of independent business initiatives in security and advisory services.

·       Providing expert consultancy on security management, sustainability, and risk mitigation for national and international entities.

·       Providing consulting on business management and corporate security for private entities, companies and individuals.

INVITED EXPERT / INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS  2013 – PRESENT

·       Subject matter expert and trainer on Border Security, National Security, and WMD Non-Proliferation.

·       Member, Advisory Group (AdSec) to the Director General at the IAEA from 2019–2022.

·       Chair / Co-Chair for the FLO Network Regional Group, Europe & Central Asia with the IAEA from 2018–2022.

·       Leadership and coordination of regional nuclear security initiatives.

ACTIVE DUTY OFFICER / BORDER POLICE OF GEORGIA, MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF GEORGIA AND STATE SECURITY SERVICE OF GEORGIA 2001 – 2022

·       Front line operations, operative.

·       Border police reform, institutional and operational capacity building.

·       Management and deployment of border surveillance systems and radioactive material detection systems.

·       Development and oversight of national risk analysis systems.

·       Development and oversight of National Security, Border Security, counter-terrorism and non-proliferation policies and strategies of Georgia.

Keywords: State Governance, Security Policy, International Cooperation, National Security, Border Security, WMD Non-Proliferation, Risk Analysis, Security Management, Strategic Planning, Resource Management, Institutional Capacity Building, Risk Mitigation, Consultancy, Nuclear Security, UN, IAEA, UNODC, INTERPOL, EU.

Education

MASTER OF LAW | 2001 | BORDER SECURITY FACULTY, THE ACADEMY OF THE MINISTRY OF STATE SECURITY OF GEORGIA

Skills & Abilities

·       Visionary Development

·       Result-Oriented Facilitation

·       Security Risk Analysis

·       Program and Project Management

·       Strategic Planning

·       International Cooperation

·       Education and Training Management

·       Legal Framework development and operational adaptation

·       Institutional Capability Building

·       Languages: English, German, Russian

A man in a blue suit, white shirt, and red tie standing behind a transparent podium, holding a microphone, with a Georgian flag behind him.

David MAKHARADZE

National Security Colonel (retired)

Georgian

Married, 5 Children

Born on 24 December 1978