Mr. Surguladze received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics from Lomonosov Moscow State University. Mr. Surguladze also received a Ph.D. degree in physics from the National Academy of Sciences, Moscow; MBA in finance and financial engineering, USA, as well as, he has undertaken Ph.D. course in Financial Engineering.
In 1990, Dr. Surguladze began his career as a Research Associate at the Moscow Institute for Nuclear Research, and in 1991-1992, he was a Visiting Professor and Researcher at several universities and scientific institutes in Europe and the United States, including Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Chicago, USA) and International Center for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy). From 1992 to 1999, he was a Research Associate and then Senior Research Associate at two universities in the United States. In the same period, Dr. Surguladze was a referee for leading scientific journals - Physical Review (USA); Physical Review Letters (USA); Physics Letters (Holland); Modern Physics Letters (Singapore) and was a member of the American Physical Society.
In 1999, Dr. Surguladze continued his career on Wall Street as a Trader - Risk Manager at the American Stock Exchange (NASDAQ-AMEX) in New York, and in 2000 - 2001 he was a Senior Vice President/Consultant at Deutsche Bank, London in their Global Credit Derivatives area. From 2001 to 2002, he was a Senior Vice President/Consultant in Risk Finance at Barclays Capital, New York. From 2002 to 2007, Dr. Surguladze was Director of Risk Control at UBS Investment Bank in New York. In 2004-2013 Dr. Surguladze, together with his partners, founded several companies in Georgia, which in 2014, formed Caucasus Business Group, JSC.
In 2009, Dr. Surguladze was appointed as a Member of the Board of the Financial Supervision Agency of Georgia (a mega regulator for banking, insurance, and capital markets). From 2011, Dr. Surguladze is a Member of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees of the Supervisory Board of Georgian Railway, JSC. From 2014 to 2018, Dr. Surguladze is a Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Caucasus Business Group, JSC. In 2018 – 2020, Levan Surguladze was the Director of the State Pension Agency of Georgia. Since 2020, Dr. Surguladze is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Caucasus Business Group, JSC.
Dr. Surguladze has over 40 highly cited publications in leading scientific journals in USA, Europe, and Asia, as well as he is an author of numerous articles in economics and finance in the Georgian press and a frequent guest speaker on national TV channels.
