Universal Registration Document - Fiscal 2024

An independent Board of Directors

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An independent Board of Directors

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 DirectorsAs of August 31, 2024

DIRECTORS FAMILY

  • 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 DIRECTORS

  • 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

    Compensation Commitee member

  • Federico J. González Tejera

    Chairman and CEO, Louvre Hotels Group and Executive Vice- Chairman, Radisson Hotel Group

    Nationality : Spanish

    Compensation Commitee member

  • Gilles Pélisson

    President of Lyfe Institut and Unifrance

    Nationality : French

    Chairman of Nominations Committee

    Sustainability Committee member

  • Véronique Laury

    Independent Director

    Nationality : French

    Chairwoman of Sustainability Committee

    Audit Committee member

  • Cécile Tandeau de Marsac

    Independent Director

    Nationality : French

    Chairwoman of Remuneration Committee

    Nominating Committee member

    Sustainability Committee member

EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVES

  • Philippe Besson

    Head of Projects and Sponsorship, Sodexo France

    Nationality : French

    Compensation Commitee member

  • Cathy Martin

    Regional Manager, Sodexo Canada

    Nationality : Canadian-American

    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 17, 2024, the renewals of François-Xavier Bellon and Jean-Baptiste Chasseloup de Chatillon’s mandates will be proposed to the shareholders vote.

For more information on Sodexo's governance, see Chapter 7 of the Universal Registration Document.