LUC MESSIER – LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Born April 21, 1964
Dual Canadian and American nationality
Graduate of the University of Sherbrooke (civil engineering), of INSEAD (Executive Business Management) and of the University of California, Davis (viticulture and oenology)
First appointed: January 21, 2020
Expiration of current term: at the Annual Shareholders Meeting held to adopt the Fiscal 2025 financial statements
Lead Independent Director
Member of the Nominating Committee, the Audit Committee and the Sustainability Committee
Competencies
Number of Sodexo shares held: 400
Main role: Président de Reus Technologies LLC (USA)
Business address:
Sodexo
255, quai de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)
Background
Luc Messier began his career in engineering and project management at Pomerleau. He joined the Bouygues group in 1993 as an engineer, project manager in Hong Kong and in South Africa and was later appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Bouygues subsidiary handling construction work in Hong Kong.
In 2003, he joined Technip as Chief Operating Officer and was then named President and Chief Executive Officer of Technip Offshore Inc. before being appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Technip USA.
Between 2007 and 2015, he served as Senior Vice President for ConocoPhillips, where he was responsible for global projects, procurement and aviation.
Since 2015, he has been President of Reus Technologies LLC (on a part time basis), a technology development company that acts primarily as a business angel in new technology, focused ventures. He is also President of Messier Wine Holdings LLC (part time), a company that owns a vineyard in Carmel, California. Since June 6, 2022, he has also been Chief Operating Officer of Enerkem Inc., a startup specializing in carbon recycling.
Thanks to his professional experience, he has a particularly strong grasp of the challenges related to the environment and climate change (including sustainable agriculture).
Since March 1, 2022, he has been Lead Independent Director of Sodexo S.A.
Other positions and corporate offices held
Companies linked to Sodexo
FRENCH COMPANIES
None
FOREIGN COMPANIES
None
Companies not linked to Sodexo
FRENCH COMPANIES
None
FOREIGN COMPANIES
- Chairman: Reus Technologies LLC (USA) ; Messier Wine Holdings (USA)
- Member of the Board of Directors: Bird Construction Inc.* (Canada) Lead Independent Director, and also member of the Human Resources and Governance Committee, and Chairman of the Environment and Health and Safety Committee
Other positions and corporate offices held within the past five years but no longer held
Member of the Board of Directors: Greenfield Holdings (USA) (Term ended : February 2023) ; Ocean Installer (Norway) (Term ended: March 2020).
* Listed company.