NATHALIE BELLON-SZABO
Born January 26, 1964
French nationality
Graduate of the European Business School
First appointed: July 26, 1989
Expiration of current term: at the Annual Shareholders Meeting held to adopt the Fiscal 2026 financial statements
Member of the Nominating Committee and the Sustainability Committee
Competencies
Number of Sodexo shares held: 12,082
Main role: Chief Executive Officer, Sodexo Live! Worldwide
Business address:
Sodexo
255, quai de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)
Background
Nathalie Bellon-Szabo began her career in the catering industry in 1987. In 1989, she became an account manager at Scott Traiteur, and then Sales Manager at Le Pavillon Royal.
She joined Sodexo in March 1996 as Sales Director for Sodexo Prestige in France, becoming a Regional Manager in 1999. In September 2003, she was appointed Managing Director of Sodexo Prestige, and Managing Director of L’Affiche in January 2006. She became Chief Executive Officer of Sodexo Sports and Leisure in France on September 1, 2010. In 2011, she participated in the acquisition of Lenôtre, also becoming Chair of its Management Board in addition to her other existing duties.
On September 1, 2015, Nathalie Bellon-Szabo was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Sodexo Sports and Leisure Worldwide.
On June 19, 2018, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer Sports and Leisure Worldwide and joined the Sodexo Leadership Team. In September 2021, Sodexo unveiled Sodexo Live!, its brand dedicated to hospitality and events in the sports and leisure sector. Sodexo Live! aims to replace and revitalize the former Sodexo Sport & Leisure. Nathalie is the brand’s Chief Executive Officer with the ambition of making it the global standard for catering and hospitality experiences in the worlds of sport, tourism, leisure and events. She develops offerings promoting a social and green economy with concrete commitments meeting ever increasing sustainability requirements.
Nathalie Bellon-Szabo is Chair of the Pierre Bellon Foundation.
Other positions and corporate offices held
Companies linked to Sodexo
FRENCH COMPANIES
- Member of the Management Board: Bellon SA
- Chair: Lenôtre SAS; Umanis SAS
FOREIGN COMPANIES
Member of the Board of Directors: Pluxee N.V.*, and also a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee (Netherlands)
Companies not linked to Sodexo
FRENCH COMPANIES
Member of the Board of Directors: Bouygues *, and also member of the Ethics, CSR and Patronage Committee
FOREIGN COMPANIES
None
Other positions and corporate offices held within the past five years but no longer held
- Chair: GEDEX SAS (France) (Term ended: January 2024)
- Chair of the Management Board: Société du Lido (SEGSMHI), (France) (Term ended: February 2022)
- Chair of the Board of Directors: Lenôtre SA (France) (Term ended: July 2021)
