David Michael Maizlish is the Head of the ICRC Mission in Seoul. He is a licensed attorney specializing in International Humanitarian Law. He has worked for the ICRC since 2002, including positions in the Legal Division, and field assignments to Ivory Coast, Chad, the Republic of Congo, and Kenya. Between 2011 and 2018 he worked at ICRC headquarters focusing on operations in the Asia Pacific and Middle East. Before joining the Mission in Seoul, he was based in Tokyo as the Delegate for Armed Forces for the Western Pacific where he coordinated the ICRC’s activities with the national militaries of Australia, Fiji, Japan, New Zealand, and PNG and with USINDOPACOM.