Emmanuel Umpula Nkumba

Executive Director AFREWATCH & AFREWATCH International

Emmanuel Umpula Nkumba is the Executive Director of the African Natural Resources Watch (AFREWATCH) and AFREWATCH International. He is an expert on business and human rights and on the governance of the extractive sector in the DRC and in Africa. Mr. Umpula is a board member of Rights and Accountability In Development (RAID), Resource Matters, African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA), and NOVA Business and Human Rights center and Inclusive Development International (IDI). He was previously Executive Director of Action Against Impunity for Human Rights, Coordinator of the Platform of Civil Society Organizations working in the mining sector of Katanga (POM), and Advocacy Coordinator of the Jimmy Carter Foundation (The Carter Center).