Yves Daccord is Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva, a post he has held since 2010. A former journalist, TV producer and international relations expert, his ICRC career has spanned more than two decades in a variety of posts and challenging contexts – including Israel and the Occupied Territories, Sudan, Yemen, Chechnya and Georgia. Prior to his appointment as Director-General, he held the posts of Head of communication division and Director of communication. He has been the Chair of the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR) since January 2015 and since July 2016 he is member of the Board of Trustees of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). He holds a degree in political science and an honorary doctorate in social sciences from the University of St Gallen, awarded in 2017. Born in 1964, Mr Daccord is married with three children.

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