CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE SPECIALIZED BOARD COMMITTEES IN FISCAL 2020
DEPARTURE | APPOINTMENT | REAPPOINTMENT | |
|---|---|---|---|
Board of Directors | Board of Directors DEPARTURE January 21, 2020: Robert Baconnier Astrid Bellon | Board of Directors APPOINTMENT January 21, 2020: Veronique Laury Luc Messier | Board of Directors REAPPOINTMENT January 21, 2020: Sophie StabileCécile Tandeau de Marsac |
Audit Committee | Audit Committee DEPARTURE - | Audit Committee APPOINTMENT - | Audit Committee REAPPOINTMENT - |
Compensation Committee | Compensation Committee DEPARTURE - | Compensation Committee APPOINTMENT - | Compensation Committee REAPPOINTMENT - |
Nominating Committee | Nominating Committee DEPARTURE - | Nominating Committee APPOINTMENT - | Nominating Committee REAPPOINTMENT - |
5.2.1.2 Chairman Emeritus
PIERRE BELLON
Born January 24, 1930
French nationality
Graduate of the École des hautes études commerciales (HEC)
Business address:
Sodexo
255, quai de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)
Number of Sodexo shares held: 12 900
Main role : Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Bellon SA, and Chairman Emeritus, Sodexo S.A.
Background
Pierre Bellon joined Société d’Exploitations Hôtelières, Aériennes, Maritimes et Terrestres in 1958 as Assistant Manager. He later served as Managing Director and then Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
In 1966 he founded Sodexo S.A., where he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until August 31, 2005. Following the Board decision to separate the roles of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Pierre Bellon remained as Chairman of the Board of Directors until the Shareholders Meeting of January 26, 2016, when he was named Chairman Emeritus.
In 1988, Pierre Bellon was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bellon SA before serving as Chairman of the Management Board from 1996 to 2002 and Chairman of the Supervisory Board since February 2002.
Pierre Bellon had also served as:
- Vice President of CNPF (subsequently MEDEF), 1980-2005
- President of the French National Center for Young Business Leaders (formerly the Center for Young Employers), 1968-1970
- President of the French National Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Chains, 1972-1975
- Member of the French Economic and Social Council, 1969-1979
Other positions and corporate offices held
Companies linked to Sodexo
FRENCH COMPANIES
- Chairman of the supervisory Board : Bellon SA
FOREIGN COMPANIES
None
Companies not linked to Sodexo
FRENCH COMPANIES
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Sobelnat SCA
- Member of the Board of Directors: Association progrès du management (APM) que Pierre Bellon a créée en 1987
- Chairman and Founder: Fondation Pierre Bellon
FOREIGN COMPANIES
None
Other positions and corporate offices held within the past five years but no longer held
- Chairman of the Board of Directors: Sodexo S.A. (Term ended: January 2016)