TBC Bank, a leading bank in Georgia, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sean Wade as the Director of International Media and Investor Relations. Sean will work closely with the Bank's senior management and will act as a permanent representative of the management team in London.

Sean has approximately 20 years of experience in the field. Prior to joining TBC, he acted as the Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications at Asia Resource Minerals plc, where he was also a Member of the Executive Committee. Between 2007 and 2012, he was a founding shareholder and a leading member of the Pan-European Equity Sales team at Liberum Capital, where he advised a broad range of UK-listed companies on investor relations strategy. From 1993 to 2007, he worked at Cazenove and Co. (currently J.P. Morgan Cazenove) in a variety of roles, including as a Director of the firm in the main equities team leading a large number of capital market transactions in Emerging Markets.

Commenting on the appointment, Vakhtang Butskhrikidze, Chief Executive Officer of TBC Bank said, "I am happy to welcome Sean to the Bank. His extensive experience in both developed and emerging markets will be valuable in all our IR-related activities and will play a key role in enhancing the Bank's investment profile and improving communication with our investors, analysts and other market participants. I am confident that he will be a very important addition to our management team and our investor community will find our presence in London useful."

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