Neil Swain has been in the Foreign Service since 2002. He has worked in various positions in Ottawa, SEOUL, ROQUE, BUCST and now the Senior Trade Commissioner in ATHENS. Before working at Global Affairs, he was an English teacher in Korea, a waiter in Quebec and Ontario and a mine core splitter in the Yukon. His undergraduate degree was attained at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia (look for the X ring!) and his tuition was paid for by tree planting for five summers in northern British Columbia. He received a Master’s from Yonsei University in Korea.