Manana Kochladze is a leader of  Democratization and Human Rights  direction at CEE Bankwatch Network, an NGO that monitors International Financial Institutions active in Central and Eastern Europe. She is the founder of the Tbilisi-based environmental group Green Alternative.

In 2004 Manana was honoured with a coveted Goldman Environmental Prize in recognition of her campaigning work on the controversial Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.

Manana graduated in 1994 with an MSc degree in Biology from Tbilisi State University. She is the author of several reports and other publications focusing on environmental problems.