The Chief Executive Officer must also obtain the prior consent of the Board for decisions relating to the startup of new activities.
Denis Machuel was appointed Chief Executive Officer on January 23, 2018 to replace Michel Landel, who had held the position since September 1, 2005. Following his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Denis Machuel’s employment contract with a Sodexo subsidiary was terminated.
DENIS MACHUEL – CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Born April 19, 1964
French nationality
Graduate of the École nationale supérieure d’informatique et de mathématiques appliquées de Grenoble (ENSIMAG)
Holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M University
First appointed: January 23, 2018
Expiration of current term: Unlimited period
Number of Sodexo shares held: 29,930
Business address:
Sodexo
255, quai de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)
Main role: Chief Executive Officer, Sodexo*
Background
Denis began his career with Schneider Electric in Egypt, before taking on the role of consultant at Altran, with Dassault Électronique as client. He remained with Altran for 16 years, holding several management positions including Altran Technologies UK’s Chief Executive Officer, where he created the subsidiary. He then became Chief Executive Officer of Altran Technologies France, before becoming Director of Strategy and Offshore Operations.
In 2007, he joined Sodexo as Benefits & Rewards Services Chief Executive Officer for Central and Eastern Europe. In 2010, Denis took the lead of the Benefits & Rewards Services activity in Europe and Asia, before being appointed as Benefits & Rewards Services Chief Executive Office worldwide in January 2012. Denis joined Sodexo’s Executive Committee in January 2014. In January 2015,he also became Group Chief Digital Officer and, in September 2016, Denis was also appointed as Personal & Home Services Chief Executive Officer.
On January 23, 2018, Denis Machuel was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Sodexo.
Other positions and corporate offices held
Companies linked to Sodexo
FRENCH COMPANIES
NONE
FOREIGN COMPANIES
- Member of the Board of Directors: Sodexo, Inc (USA)
- Member of the Management Board: Sodexho Pass Venezuela CA (Venezuela)
Companies not linked to Sodexo
FRENCH COMPANIES
NONE
- Member of the Board of Directors: Catalyst (USA)
Other positions and corporate offices held within the past five years but no longer held
Denis Machuel has held numerous corporate offices in Sodexo Group subsidiaries within the past five years. For ease of reference, not all of these offices are listed here.
Executive Committee
The Chief Executive Officer is assisted by an Executive Committee.
The role of the Executive Committee is to support Sodexo’s growth and business development. This Committee – which has a diversified membership structure and includes key expertise, representing all of the Group’s activities, segments and geographies in which the Group operates – drives Sodexo’s consumer- and customer-centric approach and maximizes the efficiency of execution locally.
The Executive Committee meets regularly and is the linchpin of the Group’s management structure. It is responsible not only for discussing and developing strategies to be recommended to the Board of Directors, but also for monitoring the implementation of these strategies once the Board of Directors has approved them. The Executive Committee tracks the implementation of action plans, monitors business unit performance, and assesses the potential benefits of growth opportunities and the risks inherent in its business operations.
During Fiscal 2020 the following changes took place in relation to the Executive Committee’s members:
- Simon Seaton replaced Nicolas Japy as CEO Energy & Resources Worldwide;
- Sunil Nayak replaced Sylvia Metayer as CEO Corporate Services Worldwide;
- Sylvia Metayer became Chief Growth Officer;
- Johnpaul Dimech replaced Lorna Donatone as CEO, Geographical Regions.
Damien Verdier’s role was changed to focus exclusively on Corporate Responsibility and Institutional relationships before his planned retirement on September 30, 2020.