Prior to becoming a member of the Georgian government, Matchavariani worked in various positions at Geocell LLC part of the TeliaSonera group for 21 years.

Also during Matchavariani's ministerial tenure Georgia achieved the highest level of transparency in public finance management, bringing the country to the position of the top five in the open budget index.

In 2020 after winning the parliamentary elections, the Georgian Dream party completed the government where Matchavariani has been appointed as the Minister of Finance for the third time.

In the years 1960 to 1964 and later in 1971 Polikarpe Gigineishvili served as an adviser in Agricultural affairs to the President of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh.

Ivane Matchavariani worked at Geocell LLC for 21 years holding a variety of managerial positions at the company.