Universal Registration Document - Fiscal 2023

7. Corporate governance

GILLES PÉLISSON

Born May 26, 1957

French nationality

Graduate of ESSEC and MBA from Harvard Business School

Competencies

Executive management of international companiesFinanceSustainable development – Societal commitment and human resourcesInnovation – DigitalMarketing and salesStrategy – Mergers and Acquisitions Knowledge of the service sector

Number of Sodexo shares held: 750

Mainrole: Director

Business address:

Sodexo

255, quai de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad

92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)

Carrière

Gilles Pélisson began his career in 1983 with the Accor group, first in the United States and then in the Asia-Pacific region. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the Courtepaille restaurant chain and co-Chairman of the Novotel hotel chain. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Euro Disney in 1995 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1997. He moved to the Suez group in 2000 and then to Bouygues Telecom in June 2001, where he served as Chief Executive Officer, and then Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from February 2004. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Accor in January 2006, then Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until January 2011.

From 2011 to 2015 he was an independent director of Bic, Barrière (hotels and casinos in France), NH Hoteles (Spain) and Sun Resorts International (Mauritius), and Senior Advisor to the Jefferies investment bank (New York).

Director of TF1 since 2009, Gilles Pélisson was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of TF1 group from 2016 until February 2023.

He is the Lead Director of Accenture PLC (United States), Chairman of the Lyfe Institute (previously Paul Bocuse Institute) and of Unifrance (France).

Gilles Pélisson will bring 40 years of extensive operational experience in international environments, a strong Board experience as well as a thorough understanding of Corporate Governance.

Other positions and corporate offices held

Companies linked to Sodexo

FRENCH COMPANIES

NONE

FOREIGN COMPANIES

None

Companies not linked to Sodexo

FRENCH COMPANIES

  • Chairman: Institut Lyfe (previously Institut Paul Bocuse), and Unifrance (France)
  • Director of Peugeot Frères Industries (France)

FOREIGN COMPANIES

  • Lead Director: Accenture PLC (United States)*
Other positions and corporate offices held within the past five years but no longer held

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: TF1 (France)* (Term ended: February 2023)

* Listed company.