Mr. Akaki Saghirashvili is the Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia since 1 October 2018. Prior to this position, during 2007-2018 he took several positions at Georgian Railway: Head of Corporate Management Department; Deputy Director of Infrastructure Branch (in charge of administrative and legal issues); Head of Legal Services Office, Head of Permanent Commission on Capital and Stock Management; Deputy Head of Legal Services Office; Advisor to Executive Director on Legal Issues; Lawyer, Rental Relations Administration Group, Property Management Agency. During 2009-2011, Mr. Saghirashvili was a Lecturer of Civil Law at Caucasus School of Law. 

Mr. Saghirashvili holds MA Degree in Civil Law from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and MA Degree in Civil Law from Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.