George began his professional career in 1997 with the Global Markets team at
Citibank N.A., London, where he worked on emerging‑market loan syndication and project finance in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In 2001, he joined the Corporate Finance division of KPMG in London, where he worked on private finance initiative projects. After leaving KPMG in 2004, he joined the telecommunications company
SAGEM France. == Personal life ==