Fiscal 2021 Universal Registration Document

6. Corporate governance

6.2.1.2 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), created by Pierre Bellon in 1987
  • Chairman and Founder: Pierre Bellon Foundation

FOREIGN COMPANIES

None

Other positions and corporate offices held within the past five years but no longer held

  • None