Moving to Ukraine as a student, he received a tourism degree from the Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University in 2011, after which he returned to Georgia and worked in the public sector, including in the Department of Tourism and Resorts of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, the Department of Sports and Youth Affairs of Adjara, and the City Hall of Batumi until 2014.
He was noticed as an activist during that time, participating in a public protest in Batumi against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's decision to reject the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.
[2] Between 2015 and 2020, Khajishvili worked as the Rergional Director of ORBI Group, a large Georgian real estate developer responsible for several luxury projects in Batumi.
[5] Following a short-lived EU-facilitated agreement between the opposition and the ruling Georgian Dream party, he rescinded his resignation in May 2021 and has since served on the European Integration Committee.
[6] On 24 March, he visited Kyiv along UNM's parliamentary leader Khatia Dekanoidze to show solidarity for Ukraine,[7] attending a session of the Verkhovna Rada[8] and meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's head of administration Andrii Yermak.