The Board of Directors and its Committees

Born April 21, 1964
Nationality: dual Canadian and American
Graduate of the University of Sherbrooke (Civil Engineering) and of UC Davis (Viticulture and Enology)

First appointed: January 21, 2020
Expiration of current term: at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the financial statements for Fiscal 2025

Main role: President of Reus Technologies LLC (USA).

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 projects, aviation and procurement.

Since 2015, he has been President of Reus Technologies LLC, a technology development company that acts primarily as an angel investor in new technology, focused ventures.

Luc Messiers holds dual nationality, Canadian and American. He has been a member of Sodexo's Board of Directors since January 21, 2020.

Luc Messier is also a member of the Board of Directors of Bird and of Greenfield Holdings.

Born September 10, 1965
Nationality: French
Graduate of the European Business School

First appointed: July 26, 1989
Expiration of current term: at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the financial statements for Fiscal 2024

Main role: Chairman of the Management Board, Bellon SA

François-Xavier Bellon began his career in 1990 with the Adecco group, working first in France and then in Spain.

In 1995, he joined the Sodexo Group, taking up an operational role in the Healthcare segment in France. In 1999, he was appointed Regional Director in Mexico and subsequently became Chief Executive Officer of Sodexo Mexique.

In 2004, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Sodexo UK & Ireland but he resigned from this position a few months later due to health problems.

He rejoined the Adecco group in September 2014 and headed up the Sales and Marketing Department of the Global Staffing Division as well as managing the group’s key international accounts, based between Zurich and London.

In May 2007, François-Xavier Bellon took over a company based in the United Kingdom that provides home care services to dependent people, of which he became Chief Executive Officer before founding LifeCarers. He then left LifeCarers in November 2019 to focus on his various roles within Bellon SA and Sodexo.

Born January 26, 1964
Nationality: French
Graduate of the European Business School

First appointed: July 26, 1989
Expiration of current term: at the Annual Shareholders Meeting held to adopt the financial statements for Fiscal 2023

Main role: Chief Executive Officer, Sodexo Live!

Nathalie Bellon-Szabo began her career in the Foodservices industry in 1987. In 1989, she became an account manager for Scott Traiteur, and then Sales Manager of 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 Prestige Sports and Leisure in France on September 1, 2010 and Chairwoman of the Management Board of Lenôtre in 2012.

On September 1, 2015, Nathalie Bellon-Szabo was appointed Chief Executive Officer Sports and Leisure France, On-site Services and Chief Operating Officer Sports and Leisure Worldwide, On-site Services.

On June 19, 2018, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer Sports and Leisure Worldwide and joined the Group Executive Committee.

Born September 21, 1956
Nationality: French

First appointed: June 18, 2014
Expiration of current term: at the Annual Shareholders Meeting held to adopt the financial statements for Fiscal 2025

Main role: Head of Projects and Sponsorship, Sodexo France.

Philippe Besson joined the Sodexo Healthcare Division in 1981, as Foodservices manager for the Paris Ile de France region. He took part in the World Youth Days in Paris, Rome and Cologne, was responsible for the Tour de France departure villages for Sodexo and managed athlete Foodservices for the Pacific Games.

He has been Head of Projects for Sponsorship since 2014.

Born September 2, 1965
Nationality: dual French and American
Graduate of ICAM-Lille (Institut catholique d'arts et métiers) (France) and Harvard University (United States)

First appointed: January 23, 2012
Expiration of current term: at the Annual Shareholders Meeting held to adopt the financial statements for Fiscal 2023

Main role: Director

Françoise Brougher began her career in 1989 in a production unit of L’Oréal in Japan.

After receiving her MBA in 1994, she joined the strategy consulting firm Booz Allen & Hamilton, dividing her time between Europe and the United States.

In 1998, she joined the San Francisco-based Ocean Gem Pearl Corporation, an importer of black Tahitian pearls, as Chief Executive Officer.

From 2000 to 2005, she was Vice President of Strategy at California-based brokerage firm Charles Schwab Corporation.

In March 2005, she joined Google, where she managed the Business Operations for four years, becoming Vice President, Global SME Sales & Operations in 2009.

In April 2013, she joined San Francisco-based Square as Business Lead.

In February 2018, she was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Pinterest and stepped down from this role in April 2020.

Born March 19, 1965
Nationality: French
Graduate of the Paris Dauphine University and the Lancaster University (UK); degree in finance

First appointed: December 14, 2021
Expiration of current term: at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the financial statements for Fiscal 2024

Main role: Chief Financial Officer of Sanofi

Jean-Baptiste Chasseloup de Chatillon began his career with the PSA Peugeot Citroën group in 1989, as internal consultant within the shared service center for Europe, before being appointed management controller and Treasurer for Spain. In 1999, he became Chief Financial officer of the Group British subsidiaries in the UK and joined Automobiles Citroën in 2001 as Director of Imports. In 2003, he was appointed Managing Director of Citroën Benelux and in 2007, Financial Controller of the Peugeot SA group, before being entrusted with the role of Chief Financial Officer in 2012 and joining then the Management Board and the Executive Committee. Chairman of Banque PSA Finance from 2012 to 2016, he was also in charge of the commercial divisions Spare parts, After sale, PSA Retail (PSA dealers network) and used vehicles, as well as of the Group IT Department. In 2018, he joined Sanofi as Chief Financial officer and member of the Executive Committee.

Born April 12, 1964
Nationality: Spanish
Graduate of the University Complutense de Madrid and the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP)

First appointed: January 12, 2021
Expiration of current term: at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the financial statements for Fiscal 2023

Main role: Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, Radisson Hospitality AB

After receiving degrees in Economics, International Trade and Finance in Spain in 1988, Federico J. González Tejera joined Procter & Gamble in Spain where he held various marketing positions. He later assumed additional responsibilities in Europe (based in Belgium) and the Nordic countries (based in Sweden) prior to being appointed country head of Portugal.

After 16 years at Procter & Gamble, he joined Eurodisney in 2004 as Vice President of Marketing and later, President of Eurodisney Vacations and Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Paris and EMEA.

In 2012, he joined the Spanish group NH Hotel Group as Chief Executive Officer.

Since 2017, Federico J. González Tejera has been Chief Executive Officer of Radisson Hospitality AB.

Born June 29, 1965
Nationality: French
Graduate of the Institut d’études politiques (Sciences Po) of Paris

First appointed: January 21, 2020
Expiration of current term: at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the financial statements for Fiscal 2025

Main role: Director

After graduating from Sciences Po in 1988, Véronique Laury joined Leroy Merlin and took over various functions in the marketing and sales field for about 15 years.

In 2003, she joined Kingfisher, the European giant do-it-yourself company and parent company of B&Q, Brico Dépôt, Castorama and Screwfix. She was in charge of the Sales and Marketing Department of Castorama (France) and later of B&Q (UK) before being named Head of the group sales and marketing strategy, taking over the responsibility of group purchasing and brand development.

In 2013, Véronique Laury became Chief Executive Officer of Castorama France.

From September 2014 to September 2019, she was Chief Executive Officer of Kingfisher plc, listed in the FTSE 100 (UK).

Born June 5, 1972
Nationality: Canadian

First appointed: September 10, 2015
Expiration of current term: at the Annual Shareholders Meeting held to adopt the financial statements for Fiscal 2023

Main role: Regional Manager, On-site Services, Energy & Resources segment – East Canada, Sodexo Canada

After completing her studies in nutrition, Cathy Martin began her career in the foodservices industry in 1998.

In January 2000, she joined Sodexo as an on-site foodservices manager. Over the past 15 years, she has held various operating and project management positions.

In December 2014, she was named Regional Manager, On-site Services in the Education segment in Quebec, Canada.

In 2017, she became Regional Manager – East Canada for the Energy & Resources segment.

Born June 18, 1966
Nationality: French
Graduate of Diplôme d’Études Comptables et Financières (DECF) and a Bachelor in Economic Sciences

First appointed: December 19, 2022

Main role:  Managing Director of Bellon S.A.
Expiration of current term: at the Annual Shareholders Meeting held to adopt the financial statements for Fiscal 2025

Patrice de Talhouët has more than 20 years of international experience (US, UK, Belgium...) in large groups, mainly family owned (Mars, Coty, JAB). Most recently, he was Group Chief Financial Officer of Coty, a cosmetics group listed on the New York Stock Exchange (S&P 500), and then been head of the JAB Consumer Fund in Europe within the family holding company that controls Coty. Patrice also worked for 7 years for the Mars family group where, after having held the position of CFO Europe, he worked in the US directly with the Mars family (100% owner).

Patrice de Talhouët joined Bellon S.A. as Managing Director, a newly created position to enable Bellon S.A. to fully ensure its missions, notably the control and joint management of the Sodexo group as well as the support of its development over the long term.

Born April 17, 1963
Nationality: French
Graduate of the École supérieure de commerce de Rouen

First appointed: January 24, 2017
Expiration of current term: at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the financial statements for Fiscal 2025

Main role: Director

Cécile Tandeau de Marsac began her career with Nestlé in 1987, holding various positions in Marketing and Communications before joining the Human Resources Department in 2002, where she was in charge of career development in France. In 2005, she became Human Resources Director for certain businesses and corporate functions at Nestlé France.

In 2007, she joined Rhodia as HR Director of a business unit in France, responsible for talent development for the group. She subsequently took part in two major projects, the transformation of Rhodia’s organizational structure and the subsequent integration of Rhodia’s teams following its acquisition by Solvay.

From September 2012 to June 2019 she served as Chief Human Resources Officer, Solvay group.