With responsibility for more than 18,000 people providing humanitarian assistance in more than 80 countries globally, Yves Daccord has a pretty good read on the increasingly complex challenges facing millions of people, from asymmetric conflicts, to the violent effects of climate change — and he says technology and smart public-private sector partnerships are vital in bringing relief to those in need.

Speaking to FORBES in Hong Kong, Daccord, director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said Asia was both home to some of the world’s biggest issues and a source of many of the potential solutions.

“Our top priority right now in Asia is Myanmar. We’re confronted with an issue which is complex — more than 600,000 people have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh – and I think it’s a situation that will last,” he said, referring to the Rohingya, a stateless mainly Muslim minority from western Rakhine state who have long faced persecution there.

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