Sodexo celebrates its 60th anniversary
Founded on March 9, 1966, in Marseille by Pierre Bellon, Sodexo is celebrating today 60 years of a visionary model that has, over the decades, led it to become one of the global leaders in food and services.
Sodexo CEO Thierry Delaporte announces new Global Executive Team
Sodexo CEO Thierry Delaporte announces a simplified global leadership structure designed to streamline decision-making, strengthen proximity to operations and accelerate growth.
A streamlined, business-driven Executive Team
This new Global Executive Team reflects a leaner and more focused governance model.
By removing intermediate layers and bringing all business leaders into a single decision-making structure, Sodexo is strenghtening its execution discipline, increasing its agility, and bringing global leadership closer to operations.
Effective immediately, Sodexo’s Global Executive Team is composed as follows :
- Thierry Delaporte, Group Chief Executive Officer, also acting as CEO North America,
- Regional CEOs:
- Patrick Boulier, CEO Latin America,
- Andrea Krewer, CEO Brazil,
- Nicolas Lannuzel, CEO Asia-Pacific, Middle East & Africa,
- Sophie Néron-Berger, CEO France,
- Jean Renton, CEO United Kingdom & Ireland,
- Ulf Wretskog, CEO Continental Europe,
- Nathalie Bellon-Szabo, CEO Sodexo Live! Worldwide,
- Global functions:
- Alice Guéhennec, Group Chief Tech, Data & Digital Officer,
- Sébastien de Tramasure, Group Chief Financial Officer,
- Group Chief Human Resources Officer (to be appointed).
A full presentation of the Global Executive team members is available here.
We want to become more agile, more decisive and closer to our clients. By simplifying our leadership structure and empowering regional P&L owners, we are creating the conditions for faster and sharper execution. With this leaner, business-centric structure, we are collectively mobilized to drive growth.
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