Dr Ian Norton is one of the world’s leading disaster management experts.

Until January, he had been running the World Health Organization Emergency Medical TeamInitiative program, and had been doing so from 2014.

Since leaving the WHO, he has set up a global disaster management consultancy based in Australia.

But he was approached by Kinsale’s Chamber of Commerce and Tourism for advice, and we thought it would be a good story to hear.

He is a global pandemic expert, formerly of the World Health Organisation, and he joined Ivan on Tuesday's edition of the Hard Shoulder.