Universal Registration Document - Fiscal 2024

Introduction

7.1.1.2 Board members as of August 31, 2024

SOPHIE BELLON – CHAIRWOMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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 2026 financial statements

Competencies

Number of Sodexo shares held: : 7,964

Main role : Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of Sodexo*

Business address: 

Sodexo

255, quai de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad

92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)

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 appointed 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 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.

After first taking on the position of interim Chief Executive Officer of Sodexo from October 1, 2021, she was appointed Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer by the Board of Directors on February 15, 2022. 

Other positions and corporate offices held 

Companies linked to Sodexo

FRENCH COMPANIES 

  • Member of the Management Board : Bellon SA 

FOREIGN COMPANIES

  • Member of the Board of Director : Pluxee N.V. * (Netherlands)

Companies not linked to Sodexo

FRENCH COMPANIES

  • Chairwoman : PB Holding SAS
  • Member of the Board of Directors : L’Oréal*, and also Chairwoman of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee and member of the Nominations and Governance Committee
  • Member of the Board of Directors : Association nationale des sociétés par actions (ANSA); Association française des entreprises privées (AFEP); Association Comité France Chine (CPC)

FOREIGN COMPANIES

None

Other positions and corporate offices held within the past five years but no longer held
  • Chairwoman of the Nominations and Governance Committee : L'Oréal* (Term ended: April 2023)
  • Member of the Audit Committee : L’Oréal* (Term ended: April 2022) 

* Listed company.