Mansell George Upham

Native English specialist (Japan 15 years & Korea 4 years - coaching professionals for multi-national companies.

Majored (English and French - BA degree). Qualified in Law (LLB) post-graduate degree (Master’s Degree) Barrister, Diplomat managing bilateral relations between South Africa and the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland & Iceland), Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Posted as 1st Secretary to South African Embassy in Tokyo, Japan. Assistant Director for Human Rights, Multilateral Division. Mandated Legal Advisor representing Southern African indigenous peoples' organizations in South Africa, Namibia and at the United Nations in Geneva. Professional Researcher undertaking commissions primary research in archival institutions (Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, England & South Africa) - 30 years. Published research papers, given presentations, and edited journals (embassy, international / constitutional law, indigenous rights / various micro-historical aspects of European colonial 17th / 18th century expansion).