As the Head of Mission in Australia of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), David leads a team that works closely with government, military, diplomatic and academic stakeholders to foster support for the ICRC’s global operations and to promote international humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. He has worked with the ICRC since 2006, including as a Pashtu Interpreter and Protection Delegate in Afghanistan and Legal Adviser to the ICRC’s Operations in Pakistan, in Afghanistan and the Middle East. Between 2018 and 2020, David was the ICRC’s Regional Legal Adviser for the East and Horn of Africa based in Nairobi, Kenya.