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Brice de La Morandière
Brice de La Morandière (born Paris, 1965) is a French businessman and CEO of the Hyva Group, a multinational company founded in 1979 which provides lifting and handling solutions for the commercial vehicle and environmental service industries.

Education
De La Morandière holds a bachelor's degree in law from Paris II Assas (1986) and is a graduate of the Institute d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (1988). He also holds a postgraduate degree in strategic management from Université Paris Dauphine (Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies, 1989). He received the Alexander E Loeb Award from the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants for his performance in the Certified Public Accountant exam in 2001. In addition, he is an INSEAD alumni (2009).

Early career
De La Morandière started his business career in 1988 as a financial analyst with European packaging company, Carnaud Metal Box and held controller and director positions in Oxford, Paris and Istanbul. In 1997, he joined Dalloz (renamed Sperian) as Chief Financial Officer and became Executive Vice President for the Body Protection Division in 2006 before being appointed CEO in 2009. A manufacturer of personal protective equipment, Sperian was listed on the Paris Stock Exchange and was acquired by Honeywell Group in 2010. De La Morandière explained the company's decision to sell in an interview with French financial magazine, Decideurs.

In the same year, he was listed by EHS Today magazine as one of the most influential people in the environment, health and safety sector, alongside Sperian Chairman, Henri-Dominique Petit

CEO at Hyva Group
De La Morandière joined Hyva Group as CEO in 2011 shortly after the Group was acquired by a consortium led by Hong-Kong-based Unitas Capital and NWS. Specialising in lifting and handling solutions, Hyva was established in the Netherlands in 1979 and now operates in 130 countries. De La Morandière explained that Brazil is now the third biggest market for Hyva Group after China and India when interviewed at Fenetran 2011, a major biennial exhibition in the cargo transport sector

In June 2012, Hyva Group was named one of the Netherlands 'Best Managed Companies' for the third year running by global consultancy firm Deloitte. In June 2010, Hyva India won an Excellence in Quality Awards from Tata Motors.

Under De La Morandiere, Hyva Group supports social projects as part of its social responsibility programme. In September 2011, the Group sponsored the Rotterdam School of Management Kilimanjaro Women's Leadership Project in which 15 women from the School were given the opportunity to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. The Group has also financed the construction of a primary school close to its factory in Krishnapur, India

Speaking engagements
In 2010, De la Morandière was invited to give the keynote address at a Paris conference for senior executives hosted by the Economist which looked at the opportunities available to the manufacturing industry in the aftermath of the recession. In November 2011, he gave one of the keynote addresses at the Private Equity and Exchange Awards in Paris.

Personal Life
De La Morandière is a member of the commission Entreprises, Entrepreneurs et Societé at the Medef which was established to recommend best practices for a deeper integration between entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship and society.

De La Morandière currently lives with his wife and children in Shanghai, China.