What type of details about damien dernoncourt can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: damien dernoncourt , -lrb- born in 1971 -rrb- is the non-executive chairman of john hardy , a luxury jewelry brand . originally from lille , north of france , dernoncourt has been living in hong kong since 1995 , with his wife and two children . biography dernoncourt began his career in hong kong , where he spent the early years leading a buying office for a major french importer . following this role , at 25 , he utilized his learned expertise to start his own packaging and logistics company in china , which he sold prior to completing his mba at insead . dernoncourt joined the john hardy group in 2003 . he was promoted to president in 2004 and was given the responsibility of organizing the company 's management team and streamlining operations . through a management buyout , dernoncourt , along with john hardy head designer and creative director , guy bedarida , assumed control of the company in october 2007 with the support of 3i , a private equity group . during his tenure at john hardy , dernoncourt is the driving force behind the company 's evolution into a globally sustainable luxury brand that is focused on minimizing the impact of business on the natural environment and treating employees with care and respect . he oversees an international team of 1500 individuals across the company 's facilities in bali , hong kong , bangkok and new york . dernoncourt has helped to build john hardy into one of the most successful jewelry brands in the us , while also positioning it for expanded growth in europe , asia and the middle east . on july 31 , 2014 catterton partners , a leading private equity firm , acquired john hardy and dernoncourt has stepped down from his position as ceo to become the chairman of the board . he was succeeded by mr. robert hanson . dernoncourt takes part in ' racing the planet ' each year and uses the funds he raises to donate to orphanages in bali as well as sponsor the building of schools in nepal .
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