The Board of Directors

Born 24th January 1930 Married, 4 children Graduate of École des Hautes Études Commerciales

Background

Mr. Bellon joined Société d'Exploitations Hôtelières, Aériennes, Maritimes et Terrestres in 1958 as Assistant Manager. He later served as Managing Director and then Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. In 1966, he founded Sodexho SA, which became Sodexho Alliance SA in 1997.

Mr. Bellon is currently the Chairman of the Board of Sodexho. Since 1988, he has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bellon SA, the family holding company that controls Sodexho, and also served as Chairman of the Executive Board of Bellon SA from 1996 to 2002. He became Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bellon SA in February 2002.

Mr. Bellon was also :

• National President of the Centre for Young Company Managers (formerly the Centre for Young Employers) from 1968 to 1970
• President of the National Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Chains from 1972 to 1975.
• Member of the Economic and Social Council from 1969 to 1979.

Other corporate offices held

• Bellon SA (President of the Supervisory Board)
• Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (Member of the Supervisory Board)
• S.C.A. Sobelnat (Member of the Supervisory Board)
• Director of a number of companies within the Sodexho Group

Other positions

• Member of the Executive Council of MEDEF since 1976, and Vice-President since 1981.
• President/Founder of the Management Improvement Association.
• Member of the Board of the National Association of Joint-Stock Companies (ANSA).
• Commander in the Légion d'Honneur
• Commander in France's Ordre National du Mérite
• Brazil's Order of Rio Branco
• Chevalier in the Ordre du Mérite Agricole

Number of Sodexho Alliance shares held: 12,900

With his children, Mr. Bellon holds 68.5% of shares in Bellon SA, which owns a 38.53% interest in Sodexho Alliance.