I’m in Geneva with my wife Kim. Does a normal day exist anymore, as we all rapidly adapt to Covid confinement? For me, as for so many other people, the notion of weekends have disappeared. Days are longer, meetings are more intense and I’m adjusting to new digital ways of working. But I’m grateful to be busy, and to be working on the crisis at hand.

My meetings vary, but often it’s calls with IMAGINE colleagues, the International Chambers of Commerce, the World Economic Forum, the WHO or UN Global Compact, plus the B-Team and World Business Council. Everyone is mobilising. Incredible to see so many gearing into action.

My priority is doing whatever I can to help get the power of the private sector behind the global response. There are a lot of calls with business leaders: makes you realise that in these grave moments, so much is decided by personal relationships and the actions of individuals. I try to connect regularly with the wonderful charities I have grown to know well, including Oxfam, Sense International and our own charity the Kilimanjaro Blind Trust. These organisations are on the frontline, but their funding is falling through the floor. It worries me a lot. We have to protect the humanitarian sector.

I call my 91-year-old mother every day. She is now fully versed in Facebook, although she has not completely mastered her camera. Her neighbours are amazing. Right now, my children and grandchildren are ok, thank god. The phone pings a lot with messages from dear friends. I am well-initiated into the world of internet memes.

There are interviews and podcasts to prepare for, and articles to write. I don’t have many disciplines, but I get to the bottom of my inbox every day. I take one regular walk and on Sunday I took a morning pause for the gym. One commitment is to use house arrest to lose 10 kilos. Will this be the time it finally works?

Kim makes sure we are eating healthily and we’re watching a series about Madam C J Walker on Netflix. It’s an amazing story of resilience and determination. A good message for these unprecedented times.