An independent Board of Directors
Ensuring a long-term vision, the Sodexo Board of Directors determines the Group’s strategic orientations and ensures their implementation, taking into account the social and environmental challenges of its activity. It oversees the management of both financial and non-financial aspects and ensures the quality of information provided to shareholders and the market.
Sodexo’s Board of Directors reflects the specific features of its shareholding structure while safeguarding the interests of all its stakeholders. Directors are chosen for their skills, experience and knowledge of strategic issues faced by the markets in which the Group operates. The Board also ensures balance in terms of international diversity and exposure. Given the diversity of its profiles and expertise, the Board is able to fully carry out its role of planning and strategically guiding Sodexo’s development.
To make decisions, the Board of Directors relies on the work of specialized committees, responsible for formulating recommendations. Each committee is chaired by an Independent Director.
Through constructive and open dialogue with the Leadership Team and regular meetings with management, Directors are in touch with Sodexo’s economic reality and fully informed of all the company’s activities, performance and challenges.
Board of Directors
As of August 31, 2025
Family Directors
Sophie Bellon
Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer
Nationality : French
François-Xavier Bellon
Chairman of the Management Board of Bellon SA
Nationality : French
Audit Committee member
Nominating Committee member
Compensation Commitee member
Nathalie Bellon‑Szabo
Chief Executive Officer, Sodexo Live! worldwide
Nationality : French
Nominating Committee member
Sustainability Committee member
Independent Director
Luc Messier
Lead Independent Director, President of Reus Technologies LLC
Nationality : Canadian-American
Nominating Committee member
Audit Committee member
Sustainability Committee member
Jean-Baptiste Chasseloup de Chatillon
Chief Executive Officer, Apprentis d’Auteuil
Nationality : French
Chairman of Audit Committee member
Compensation Commitee member
Federico J. González Tejera
CEO, Radisson Hotel Group
Nationality : Spanish
Compensation Commitee member
Gilles Pélisson
President of Lyfe Institut and Unifrance Senior Advisor, Oliver Wyman
Nationality : French
Chairman of Nominating Committee member
Sustainability Committee member
Véronique Laury
Independent Director
Nationality : French
Chairwoman of Sustainability Committee member
Audit Committee member
Cécile Tandeau de Marsac
Independent Director
Nationality : French
Chairwoman of Compensation Commitee member
Nominating Committee member
Sustainability Committee member
Employee representatives
Olivier Marchand
Food Tools Expert, Transformation and Technologies Department, Sodexo France
Nationality : French
Compensation Commitee member
Cathy Martin
PMO and strategic planning E&R, Sodexo Canada
Nationality : Canadian
Audit Committee member
Sustainability Committee member
Non-independent Director
Patrice de Talhouët
Managing Director, Bellon SA
Nationality : French
Sustainability Committee member
During the Shareholders Meeting of December 16, 2025, the renewal of Luc Messier's mandate will be proposed to the shareholders vote as well as the nomination of Bellon SA and of two new independent Directors:
Geneviève Bich
Independent Director
Nationality : Canadian
Françoise Colpron
Independent Director
Nationality : Canadian-American
As of November 10, 2025, Gilles Pélisson succeeds to Luc Messier as Lead independent Director.
The composition of the specialized committees also evolves in line with evolutions within the Board of Directors.
For more information on Sodexo's governance, see Chapter 7 of the Fiscal 2025 Universal Registration Document.