Kakha Sekhniashvili graduated with an honors degree in macroeconomics from Tbilisi State University in Georgia in 1996 and joined the National Bank of Georgia. Following a steady career progression at the Bank of Georgia, Sekhniashvili was appointed deputy minister of the Georgia Ministry of Economic Development in 2005. He served as head of the State Treasury of Georgia from 2007-2010 and then was appointed director of Energotrans Ltd.