6.2.1.3 Board members as of August 31, 2021
SOPHIE BELLON – CHAIRWOMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Born August 19, 1961
French nationality
Graduate of the École des hautes études commerciales du Nord (EDHEC)
First appointed: July 26, 1989
Expiration of current term: at the Annual Shareholders Meeting held to adopt the Fiscal 2023 financial statements
Member of the Nominating Committee
Business address:
Sodexo
255, quai de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)
Number of Sodexo shares held: 7,964
Main role: Chairwoman of the Board of Directors, Sodexo* Chief Executive Officer, Sodexo, on an interim basis from October 1 , 2021, until the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer
Background
Sophie Bellon began her career in 1985 with Crédit Lyonnais in the United States as a mergers and acquisitions advisor for the bank’s French clientele in New York.
She joined Sodexo in 1994 as a senior analyst in the Group Finance Department. In 2001, she was appointed Project Manager – Strategic Financial Planning within the Group Strategic Planning Department to develop and implement key performance indicators for the Group. In September 2005, she was named Group Vice President of Client Retention and was responsible for the worldwide deployment of the initiative on client retention.
In September 2008, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Corporate Services for Sodexo France. In that capacity, she also took over responsibility for Facilities Management (FM) activities in France in September 2010.
In November 2013, Sophie Bellon was appointed Vice Chairwoman of the Sodexo Board of Directors (replacing Robert Baconnier), and was also entrusted with specific responsibility for increasing, within Sodexo, the pace of Research, Development and Innovation, particularly in Quality of Life services.
On January 26, 2016, Sophie Bellon became Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Sodexo S.A.
Since Denis Machuel's departure on September 30, 2021, she has also been acting as interim Chief Executive Officer.
Other positions and corporate offices held
Companies linked to Sodexo
FRENCH COMPANIES
- Member of the Management Board: Bellon SA
FOREIGN COMPANIES
None
Companies not linked to Sodexo FRENCH COMPANIES
- Chairwoman: PB Holding SAS
- Member of the Board of Directors: L’Oréal*; Chairwoman of L’Oréal’s Human Resources and Remuneration Committee; Chairwoman of L’Oréal’s Nominations and Governance Committee, Member of L’Oréal’s Audit Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors: Association nationale des sociétés par actions (ANSA); Association française des entreprises privées (AFEP); Association Comité France Chine
FOREIGN COMPANIES
None
Other positions and corporate offices held within the past five years but no longer held
- Founding member: Pierre Bellon Foundation (Term ended: September 2018)
- Co-Chair: Sodexo Women’s international Forum for Talent (SWIFT) (Term ended: June 2018)
* Listed company.