Sophie Bellon
Chairwoman of Sodexo’s Board of Directors and Interim Chief Executive Officer
The Executive Committee
The Executive Committee supports Sodexo’s growth and development. This Executive Committee, diversified and integrating key expertise, represents all of the Group’s activities, segments, functions and geographical areas where it operates, reinforcing the focus on clients and consumers and maximizing the efficiency of local execution.
The Transition Committee
Sophie Bellon is Chairwoman of Sodexo's Board of Directors and Interim CEO since October 1, 2021. She put in place a Transition Committee, composed of 12 people, to steer progress on the priorities defined for the transition period, manage business performance and prioritize projects and investments. This committee is composed of representatives of the activities, segments, regions and functions.
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Sophie Bellon has been Chairwoman of Sodexo’s Board of Directors since 2016 and has also acted as interim Chief Executive Officer since October 1, 2021.
Sophie joined Sodexo’s finance team in 1994. In that capacity, she contributed to the successful integration of Gardner Merchant in the United Kingdom and Marriott Management Services in the United States, two strategic acquisitions that consolidated Sodexo’s international scope and contributed to twice doubling the Group’s revenues. Following these acquisitions, Sophie became Head of Operational Management Control in 2001 to improve and streamline financial performance monitoring of the various subsidiaries. She defined and implemented common performance indicators, which are still in force today. She was appointed Group Client Relations Director in 2005 and contributed to the significant increase in the client retention rate. This strong internal client culture is part of the Group’s fundamentals and plays a key role in Sodexo’s rapid growth; revenues increased by nearly 50% between 2005 and 2015. In 2008, Sophie became Chief Executive Officer of the Corporate Services business unit for Sodexo France. In 2010, she also became Head of Facilities Management activities in France. In 2013, Sophie took overall responsibility for Sodexo’s Research, Development and Innovation strategy. That same year, she was appointed Vice Chairwoman of Sodexo’s Board of Directors, of which she has been a member since 1989.
A strong advocate for the service industry, Sophie is committed to ensuring that its social value and its impact at the local level are recognized. Deeply concerned with the human aspects of these professions, she also drives diversity and inclusion, both within the company and throughout the community, and in particular gender equality, which she sees as an essential lever for creativity, innovation and performance. In 2019, she chaired a task force on the employment of senior citizens, at the request of Edouard Philippe, then Prime Minister of France.
Sophie has been a member of the Board of Directors of L’Oréal since 2015, and of the AFEP (the French Association of Private Enterprises) since 2017.
Prior to joining Sodexo, Sophie spent ten years in the United States, working in, among others, M&A and the fashion industry. With this experience, she built a strong bond with and understanding of the American culture, which she still feels close to today.
Sophie is a graduate of EDHEC Business School.
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Anne Bardot
Group Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer
Anne Bardot has been Sodexo’s Group Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer and a member of the Executive Committee since April 2021.
Anne brings Sodexo a rich, varied, and international experience in communications, brand management, public affairs, as well as strategy across various industries. She first joined Lundbeck, a Danish pharmaceutical company, in 2003 to head up the International Department of Public Affairs and Institutional Communications. She then moved to the U.S. Meat Export Federation association in 2006 as Director of Communications and Public Affairs for Europe, Russia and Middle East. Her next experience was on the agency side when she was appointed International Director of the Healthcare Branch of Group Publicis in 2008.
Anne then went on to spend ten years with Air Liquide, first leading Communications for the Healthcare World Business Line, and then moving on to become Group Communications Vice President. In this role, for six years, Anne has contributed to many strategic and transformative projects for the company. Over the last two years with Air Liquide, Anne has held the role of Vice President of Strategy for the Global Markets & Technologies Business Unit.
Anne holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from IEP Paris, an Executive MBA from HEC Paris, and a Degree in Russian from the National Institute for Eastern Languages and Civilizations in Paris.
Anne is a French citizen. She speaks French, English and Russian.
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Nathalie Bellon-Szabo
CEO Sodexo Live!
Nathalie began her career in 1987 in the commercial luxury dining business. From 1989, she held the role of Sales Manager at Scott Traiteur, and then became the Director of Sales for Pavillon Royal.
She joined Sodexo in March 1996 as the Director of Sales for Sodexo Prestige in France and became the Head of the Sector in 1999. In Septembe 2003, she was appointed CEO of Sodexo Prestige and in January 2006 CEO of L’Affiche.
Subsequently, she took on the position of Managing Director of Sodexo Sports & Leisure France in September 2010.
Nathalie is also the President of the Directory of Lido de Paris (since September 2009) and of the Board of Directors of Lenôtre (since May 2012).
In September 2015 she was appointed COO Sports & Leisure Worldwide. Within this segment she developed several prestigious and renowned venues and brands in the areas of sports, global events, Meetings Incentives Conferences and Events (MICE), tourism, cultural destinations and airline lounges in France, the US, the UK, Ireland and Spain:
- From Roland Garros, Ascot Racecourse, or the Rugby World Cup, to the Miami Dolphins Stadium, the San Diego or the Las Vegas Convention Centers, the MSI and the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and the Museo del Prado in Spain.
- From the restaurants of the Eiffel Tower, 3-star Michelin restaurant Le Pré Catelan, the Bateaux Parisiens, the Lido de Paris to Bateaux London to La Seine musicale in Paris area and the Tour de France.
- Airline lounges activity including Delta in the US, Cathay Pacific in Asia, and Air France in Paris airports.
Nathalie has also been active in the development of the Sports & Leisure activity in Asia.
In 2017 she participated in the acquisition of Centerplate positioning Sodexo as a leading player in Sports & Leisure globally, more than doubling its footprint.
In July 2018, she was appointed CEO Sports & Leisure Worldwide.
In September 2021, Sodexo unveiled Sodexo Live!, its brand dedicated to hospitality, events, sports and leisure. Nathalie is the CEO Sodexo Live!
As a member of par SoTogether (an adVisory board dedicated to promoting women’s adVancement), Nathalie is involved with promoting gender-balance across the Company.
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Johnpaul Dimech
CEO Geographic Regions & Region Chair, Asia Pacific
Johnpaul Dimech is Sodexo’s CEO Geographic Regions as well as Region Chair for Asia Pacific. He is also a member of Sodexo’s Group Executive Committee.
Johnpaul is a seasoned and astute international CEO with over 20 years’ experience in the B2B and B2C markets. He began his career at Sodexo in 1998 at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney. He has since worked his way through a series of global C-suite positions, including being the Country CEO of Australia, Singapore and India.
Appointed as the Region Chair of the Asia Pacific region since 2017, Johnpaul facilitates the development and growth of Sodexo across 12 countries with the Regional Leadership Committee and team of Country Presidents to develop new business interests and promote the Sodexo brand. His appointment as CEO, Geographic Regions since 2019 further ensures a robust governance framework with the regional and country leadership teams, enhancing strong collaboration across all 56 countries where Sodexo is present.
In his previous role as CEO, Mining Worldwide within Sodexo’s global Energy & Resources segment, Johnpaul has focused his teams on providing services that improve the quality of life of those who work and live in often extreme conditions to ensure safe, comfortable and productive environments that enhance wellbeing and improve competitiveness. Among many achievements, Johnpaul has been a leader of the unprecedented, collaborative tender process which enabled Sodexo to sign a ten year integrated facilities management contract with a leading global mining client in Western Australia – the largest contract of its kind in Sodexo’s history.
As a “hands-on” leader, he has further driven Sodexo’s commitment to Safety, and Diversity & Inclusion; building gender diverse teams and successfully integrating people and cultures in local communities. His pragmatic approach to driving results through organizational design, performance and contract management as well as operational excellence has allowed this recognized leader to deliver sustainable growth and margin improvement.
Johnpaul is a board member of the Australian Resources and Energy Group AMMA and is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. He is also a Board Member of Food Bank Singapore, a charity organization which champions the optimization of food resources among the community. He sits on the Stop Hunger Advisory Committee and is an executive sponsor of Sodexo’s Global Disability Voice Task force, encouraging conversations and support around disabilities, in particular, mental health.
A lifelong learner, Johnpaul studied Management at Swinburne University in Melbourne and has continued in his pursuit of education and betterment through courses at the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Sodexo Management Institute, the Centre of Creative Learning and the University of Chicago GSB. He currently resides in Singapore with his family.
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Sean Haley
Region Chair, UK & Ireland; CEO Service Operations and Chairman Entegra
Sean Haley has been Chief Executive Officer of Service Operations since June 2018, and a member of the Group Executive Committee since March 2018. He has been Region Chair, UK & Ireland since 2016 and, in October 2020, he was also appointed Chairman of the Entegra Board, the Sodexo business dedicated to selling supply chain solutions.
Service Operations leverages Sodexo’s know-how and global scale to enhance the quality of life of those we serve and create more value for our clients. To do so, Service Operations provides expertise to Sodexo’s operational teams so that they can offer our consumers the best Food and Facilities Management services, supported by state-of-the-art procurement and technology, in the best possible health and safety conditions.
Sean has over 30 years of experience and an indepth knowledge of both public and private sector outsourcing. He joined Sodexo in 2011 as part of the acquisition of Atkins’ asset management business to support the development of Integrated Facilities Management services for Sodexo’s Corporate Services in the UK & Ireland. From 2012, he took over as Head of Business Development for the Region. During his tenure, revenues in the UK & Ireland rose from £1bn to £1.5bn.
In 2015, Sean was appointed to head up Service Operations in the UK & Ireland, and took on the additional responsibilities of Region Chair, UK & Ireland the following year. In these roles, Sean worked on establishing Sodexo’s operating model in the region to drive growth in the business.
Sean started his career in 1998, as Associate Director at Faithful + Gould. He later became Project Manager/Senior Surveyor, before joining Atkins as an Account Director in 1999. Sean occupied increasingly senior positions at Atkins, where he was appointed Managing Director for the Asset Management Business in 2005.
Sean holds a Bachelor of Science degree (Hons) in Quantity Surveying from the University of Leeds. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Outside of work, Sean is a Director of Springboard, a charity which supports disadvantaged and underprivileged individuals with employment opportunities within the hospitality, leisure and tourism industry.
Sean is British.
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Sylvia Metayer
Group Chief Growth Officer
Sylvia Metayer is Sodexo’s Group Chief Growth Officer since September 2019 and a member of the Executive Committee since 2015. In her role, Sylvia has responsibility for ensuring that Strategy, Marketing and Sales are aligned around a consistent client and consumer-centric go-to-market strategy, all powered by Digital and Innovation. Sylvia was previously CEO of Sodexo’s Corporate Services Worldwide Segment.
In her 13 years with Sodexo, Sylvia has delivered growth by forging new client relationships as well as deepening existing ones with key corporate and large accounts. She has driven the creation of strong Integrated Facilities Management capabilities, the development of innovative consumer focused offers, the emergence of Sodexo as a thought leader on Quality of Life in the Workplace, and acquisitions or partnerships in the digital space.
Sylvia first joined Sodexo in 2006 as Group Financial Controller, and was later appointed CFO for Sodexo’s On-Site Services operations in Europe, taking an active part in the preparation of large and complex tenders.
From 2010, Sylvia headed up Sodexo’s International Large Accounts, developing Sodexo’s key Corporate clients. In her previous role as CEO of Sodexo’s Corporate Services Worldwide segment, Sylvia led a team of 170 000 employees, whose daily mission was to improve the quality of life of adults at work across over 60 countries.
Sylvia began her professional career as an auditor in the Paris office of Arthur Andersen before going on to hold key financial positions in leading international groups. Before joining Sodexo, Sylvia was Chief Operating Officer at Houghton Mifflin, a Boston- based educational publisher.
Sylvia is a Non-Executive Director for Page Group Plc, a trustee of the Quebec Labrador Foundation and serves on the Research Orientation Committee and the Strategic Advisory Board at HEC Business School. Within Sodexo, Sylvia is a founding member of SoTogether, the Group’s women network, and Executive sponsor of Pride, Sodexo’s LGBT network.
Sylvia holds a business degree from the French Ecole des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC). She’s also a graduate of Queen’s University, Canada and of the University of Ottawa, Canada.
Sylvia is French/British/Canadian, and speaks French and English.
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Sarosh Mistry
Region Chair, North America
Sarosh Mistry is Region Chair, North America. Sodexo is the world’s leading provider of Quality of Life Services, providing healthy food solutions and facilities management across varied industries.
As Region Chair of North America, he leads all of Sodexo’s business activities from On-Site Services to Personal and Home Services (PHS), and Benefits and Rewards Services (BRS). His work includes leading the business units operating in the U.S. and Canada, including Healthcare, Education, Corporate Services, Sports & Leisure, Government, Senior Living and Energy & Resources.
Sodexo is committed to supporting diversity and inclusion and safety, while upholding the highest standards of corporate responsibility and ethical business conduct.
Sarosh joined Sodexo in 2011 and has accepted new roles with greater scope of responsibility throughout his time with the organization. Prior to joining Sodexo, he held executive roles at Compass, Starbucks Coffee Company, Aramark and PepsiCo.
He moved to the United States from Mumbai when he was just 17 years old. Having earned a scholarship to St. John University in Minnesota, he completed his BA in Business Administration, and his MBA at the University of California. He is fluent in English and Hindi.
It is his personal priority to support organizations that provide professional resources and outlets to improve the lives of those who are struggling with mental illness or may not feel empowered to seek help and support. That is why he and his daughter co-founded a not-for-profit, Bundles of Care, which serves children who are in the foster care system and are likely dealing with the trauma of abuse, separation and emotional upheaval by providing them with a backpack filled with personal and useful items.
Sarosh is an active board member of SodexoMagic, a joint venture founded in 2006 between Magic Johnson Enterprises and Sodexo. SodexoMagic promotes social progress in underserved communities and empowers people to eat healthy food. In addition, he sits on the board of directors of Active Global Caregiver, an organization providing senior care services in Asia, Pronep Life Services, providing skilled care services in Brazil, and Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, a provider of free mental health, substance use disorder and suicide prevention in California. He also is an active board member for Sodexo, Inc.—the board that oversees Sodexo’s business in North America.
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Belen Moscoso Del Prado
Group Chief Digital and Innovation Officer
As Group Chief Digital and Innovation Officer, Belen Moscoso Del Prado leads Sodexo’s digital transformation, overseeing the development and implementation of technology and data-enabled solutions to accelerate growth.
In this role, she is a catalyst for innovation, deploying new products, services, and internal initiatives that are modernizing Sodexo and the service industry. Through greater automation, personalization and predictive maintenance, Sodexo is supporting and advising customers as they navigate the future, enhancing the operational efficiency and the quality of life of its own employees, and delivering a more seamless experience to the 100 million consumers the company serves every day.
Belen is also a member of Sodexo Ventures’ Investment Committee, a 50-million-euro venture capital fund that combines agility and creativity of innovative start-ups with Sodexo’s investment capacity and access to markets.
During her tenure, Belen has played a key role in the acquisition of the food delivery start-up Food Chéri, launched Sodexo’s first-ever ‘Data Lab’ comprised of engineers and data scientists, and pioneered a virtual reality-enabled kitchen training module, which led to a considerable reduction in accidents, compared to the previous year.
Transformation has been a hallmark of Belen’s career. Prior to joining Sodexo, she held leadership positions at AXA, as Digital Strategy and Transformation Director, and at SoLocal Group (Pages Jaunes), as Director of Strategy, M&A and Partnerships.
Previously, Belen worked at Bain & Company for eight years, where she led more than 30 assignments in Europe and Central America related to growth and performance improvements. Prior to that, Belen led European Marketing Strategies for Disneyland Paris.
A native of Spain, Belen holds a master’s in international economy for Carlos III University, and is fluent in French and English. Belen is also member of the Board of Directors of Cap Gemini as an independent advisor and is President of the Board of Food Chéri start-up.
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Sunil Nayak
CEO Corporate Services
Sunil is CEO for Corporate Services and a member of the Group Executive Committee.
Since 2015, he was CEO Corporate Services Segment for Asia Pacific. In this role, Sunil drove the ambition and strategy for the region, managing 13 territories, with over 1,500 client sites and leading a team of 40,000.
From starting his own food start-up to CEO, his career has been an exciting ride spanning more than two decades. Sunil’s passion for food began when he opened a food cart on the streets of Mumbai in 1989, which he successfully grew into a Restaurant and Catering business. In 1995 he sold his business to Radhakrishna Hospitality Services (RKHS). Under Sunil’s leadership, the business grew to become the leading Food services company in India. In 2009, Sodexo acquired RKHS and Sunil joined the Group. As the CEO of Sodexo India, he was responsible for the successful integration of RKHS into Sodexo as well as the subsequent acquisition of McLellan.
From 2014-15, he worked with the Sodexo Global Executive Committee to implement the transformation as the Chief Transformation Officer while continuing as the CEO for India.
Sunil is a strong believer and proponent of the Sodexo motto of improving the Quality of Life of clients, consumers and employees, ensuring that efforts and workplace initiatives contribute towards bettering the community.
Taking this ethos beyond his professional work, Sunil founded Ra Foundation, an NGO that supports children’s education, a cause close to his heart. Ra Foundation helps children from challenged backgrounds receive holistic education by enrolling them into boarding schools. He is also a keen advocate of gender diversity and sustainability, as a past board member of Catalyst India.
Sunil is Indian and speaks English and Hindi.
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Anna Notarianni
Region Chair, France
Anna Notarianni joined Sodexo’s subsidiary Sogeres in 1998 as Marketing and Development Director, a position she held until 2003, when she became Project Manager.
In 2006 she was nominated CEO of the Healthcare Segment in France and joined Sodexo France’s Executive Committee (2006-2008) before becoming CEO for Personal and Home Services.
In 2010, she was appointed CEO Benefits & Rewards Services, where she led the digitalization of our services. She was responsible for the management of meal vouchers, gift cards “Spirit of cadeau” and gift vouchers “Tir Groupé”.
In September 2015, Anna Notarianni became Region Chair for France and subsequently joined Sodexo’s Executive Committee on July 1, 2018.
Deeply committed to Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, Anna Notarianni is constantly encouraging her teams to embrace these initiatives which are proven contributors to enhanced business performance.
She holds an Executive MBA from HEC, and 3rd cycle degree from ESC Paris. She is member of the APM (Association Progrès du Management).
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Marc Plumart
CEO Healthcare & Seniors
Marc Plumart is CEO of Healthcare & Seniors and is a member of the Executive Committee.
Marc joined Sodexo in 1992 and has held positions in a majority of Sodexo’s business segments. From 2003 to 2006, he was responsible for Sodexo’s Education business in France before heading up Healthcare in France from 2006 to 2014. Marc was appointed CEO of Sodexo in France in 2014, where he was responsible for all of Sodexo’s business lines, including 40,000 employees serving at more than 4,000 client sites. In 2016, he was named CEO of Seniors Worldwide, which serves the marketplace for seniors and people with disabilities in 24 countries.
Marc was appointed CEO of Healthcare Worldwide in 2017. Sodexo Healthcare operates in 15 countries with more than 75,000 employees dedicated to delivering quality of life services that help patients recover in a safe and caring environment. Marc continues to represent the Seniors segment in the Executive Committee. In 2021, Marc received the Transformative CEO Award for Leadership in Healthcare from The CEO Forum. He has a Master of Science in Agronomy from the Institut Supérieur d’Agriculture in France. He also holds a Master’s Degree in food science and consumer marketing from University College Dublin.
Marc is French and lives in the United States. He speaks French, English and Spanish.
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Marc Rolland
Group Chief Financial Officer
Marc Rolland has been Sodexo’s Group Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Executive Committee since December 2015.
Since he joined Sodexo in 1997, Marc held several positions and gained detailed insights into all Company businesses.
Marc joined Sodexo in 1997 as Finance Director for Africa, within the Energy and Resources activity. In 2000, he was promoted Finance Director of what was named at the time Universal Sodexo for Africa, Europe and Eurasia and then Finance Director for the Corporate Services activity in the UK in 2004.
Marc joined Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services as CFO in 2004 adding in 2007 the Finance supervision of Personal and Home Services and the South America On-site Services activities. He also became CFO Continental Europe for On-site Services in 2009.
In 2012, Marc was appointed President, Benefits and Rewards Services for Asia, and successfully developed emerging markets in Asia.
Marc started his professional career in 1990 at Bull, where he held several positions in Finance in India, South Africa and France. He later became a financial controller for Eastern Europe at General Electric Medical Systems.
Marc holds a post-graduate degree in Finance from the Dauphine University in Paris, France.
Marc is French and is fluent in English.
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Didier Sandoz
CEO, Personal & Home Services and Group Corporate Responsibility
Didier became Chief Executive Officer for Personal and Home Services on September 1, 2017 and has been a member of the Executive Committee since July 2018. He was also appointed CEO Corporate Responsibility in October 2020. As such, Didier brings to life and supports Sodexo’s commitment for a sustainable growth that answers today’s and tomorrow’s environmental challenges as well as our Sodexo colleagues’ and consumers’ needs.
In his current role as CEO of Personal and Home Services, Didier heads up three domains of activity - Concierge Services, Home Care and Child Care – which deliver innovative solutions to improve the Quality of Life in the workplace and beyond.
Didier joined Sodexo in 1986 and has held various positions within Sodexo’s Benefits and Rewards Services, such as Chief Executive Officer of Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services Czech Republic and then for France, or Global Senior Vice President Strategic Planning, Marketing and Communications Director. His latest position was as President of the Western Europe and the Mediterranean region.
For more than 30 years, Didier has played an instrumental role in the Benefits and Rewards Services development and growth, and more particularly in Europe where he empowered the teams to continuously develop the business. As a major contributor to the vision and strategy, Didier was at the forefront of our offer’s diversification, including leading the first research on what would later become Sodexo’s Personal and Home Services.
Didier holds a post-graduate degree in management from Institut Supérieur de Gestion in Paris, France and is a member of APM, the French Association for Management Progress.
Didier is a French national.
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Simon Seaton
CEO Energy & Resources
Simon Seaton is CEO of Energy & Resources and a member of the Sodexo Group Executive Committee.
Simon joined the Group in 2012 as Chief Operating Officer for Sodexo’s Remote Sites Western Region, running operations in U.S. shale markets, Alaska, California, the Gulf of Mexico and four North Sea countries.
With Simon at the helm, the Western Region achieved significant progress in Employee Engagement scores, Health & Safety performance and delivered measurable improvement of profitability and cost efficiencies.
In 2015, Simon was appointed CEO of Onshore Energy Worldwide and in 2017, was entrusted with the additional responsibility to lead Sodexo’s Middle East operations, managing all of the Group’s business and Joint Ventures in 9 countries across the region.
Prior to Sodexo, Simon spent 22 years at Halliburton in various operations, marketing and technology roles. He started with Halliburton in 1990 as a drilling fluids engineer in Aberdeen and held technical, business development and executive positions in Aberdeen and Houston, as well as Nigeria. He served as the Managing Director of Halliburton UK, Global Director of Halliburton Project Management and Senior Director of Global Deepwater Solutions.
He has been a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers for more than 20 years and graduated with a degree in Chemistry from the University of Wales in 1990. Simon has authored more than 18 technical papers and trade journal articles on diverse subjects such as drilling technology, safety and environmental issues and knowledge management. Since 2016 Simon has also been a Director of the The London Distillery Company, London’s first whisky distillery since Lea Valley closed its doors for the final time over a century ago.
Simon is British and is based in Houston, Texas in the United States.
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Aurélien Sonet
CEO Benefits and Rewards Services
Aurélien Sonet has been CEO of Benefits and Rewards Services and a member of the Executive Committee since September 2017.
Aurélien joined Sodexo in 2000 and held various functional and operational roles within Sodexo’s Benefits & Rewards Services activity until 2010. Over this 10-year period, he first held responsibilities in Finance, then headed up Strategic Planning, Marketing and Communications for the activity, before becoming CEO of the French subsidiary. In 2010, Aurélien took on the position of Global Executive Vice President for Strategy, Brand and Communications at Group level. In 2013, he moved to Singapore to develop business with our International Strategic Accounts in Asia Pacific, and successfully deployed major contracts across the region. In 2015, Aurélien was appointed Region Chair for Asia Pacific, making a key contribution to the development of Sodexo in the region.
Aurélien started his professional career as a financial auditor for Deloitte. He is a graduate from the École Centrale de Lyon Engineering school.
Aurélien is French and speaks English.
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Bruno Vanhaelst
Group Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
Bruno is Group Chief Sales & Marketing Officer. His role is to help Segments and Activities to strengthen our client and consumer focus as they develop differentiating offers. He became a member of Sodexo’s Executive Committee in July 2018.
Bruno joined Sodexo in 2007 to develop and launch a new global activity, Personal & Home Services. As CEO of this activity, he designed and implemented an entry strategy for Sodexo, focused on Child-care, Concierge Services and Home Care, leading and developing that activity during 10 years in North America and Europe. In 2015, Bruno was promoted as well as President, USA, Benefits and Rewards Services.
During his tenure as Senior Vice President, Marketing, Strategy and Sales Development, Benefits and Rewards Services, Bruno has played an instrumental role in strengthening Benefits & Rewards Services’ Marketing capabilities as well as Sales Development approach. Under his leadership, we have gained a comprehensive understanding of Benefits & Rewards Services’ stakeholders and markets, enhanced the Digital Marketing competencies, as well as built a new offer roadmap for Benefits & Rewards Services.
Bruno began his professional career within the Marketing department of Philip Morris International. From 1991 till 1999, he held several marketing positions in subsidiaries (Belgium/Romania) and in the International Headquarters (Switzerland). He also served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Eastern Europe, Middle-East, Africa and South Asia for BIC, and moved from Paris to New York in 2003 to become President for BIC Global Stationary business.
Bruno is Belgian, graduated from Solvay Business School in Brussels. He is now based in the USA.
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Annick de Vanssay
Group Chief People Officer*
*For a transition period
Annick de Vanssay was appointed as Sodexo’s Group Chief People Officer for a transition period beginning in August 2021. In this role, she leads the global HR function at Sodexo and represents HR on the Executive Committee.
Annick has a wealth of HR experience and expertise honed during her career, which has seen her take on HR leadership positions for a number of well-known brands, as well as being a senior advisor to C-suite executives for many companies listed in the CAC40 and SBF120.
She began her career in 1991 as a project manager at Dassault Electronics, before embarking on a 12‑year journey with France Telecom-Orange. Between 1992 and 2002, Annick developed from auditor and project management roles, which gave her international experience, to HR unit manager and then Chief HR Officer at France Telecom Terminaux, the purchasing and group global supply chain division. During this period, her HR experience broadened to include legal, CSR and security, in a fast-upscaling organization from 10 to 4,000 employees in four years.
In 2003, Annick was appointed Senior Vice President Group HR Strategy and at the same time Group HR Director global function at Groupe Orange achieving significant successes, which supported the growth of the business. For example, she aligned the worldwide HR organization for support functions, covering 45,000 employees across 30 countries; and conducted the first worldwide restructuring program, which saw her successfully negotiate a trade union agreement covering 48 subsidiaries.
In 2005, Annick became the Chief HR Officer at Kingfisher, the France-based home improvement retailer. During her two years here, she led the implementation of a new organization reflecting changes to the business model. In 2008, Annick established an executive advisory practice, when she joined Ylios, dedicated to supporting ExCom members across a range of industries with large-scale change programs, strategic planning and driving value through the performance of employees.
With many accreditations to her name, including an MBA in International Management from INSEEC School of Business & Economics, a certificate from INSEAD Advanced Management Program and in Strategic Foresight from Houston University, Annick is a champion for effective change management, inclusive leadership and diversity and inclusion.
Since 2010, she has also been the chairwoman of JUMP in France, a European NGO dedicated to promoting and empowering women; and in 2017, she founded BeeLab, a research group focused on future leadership competencies.
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