Girma was born in Mesalemia area in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
After graduation, he joined the Federal Auditor General, where he was exposed to civil service work.
He also worked in Ethiopian Social Rehabilitation and Development Fund, a World Bank-financed project and was also among employees who worked to establish the National HIV/AIDS Secretariat, which was also a World Bank-financed project.
Girma is a member of the Ethiopian House of People's Representatives where he is the sole occupant of an opposition seat in the parliament.
[3] On 3 August 2018, Girma was promoted to the new Government Privatisation Advisory Council to advise Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed concerning his new economic reforms.