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S OP H IE BELLON


SOPHIE BELLON ROL E


COMPANY SODEXO COUNTRY FRANCE


CHAIRWOMAN


GABRIEL ESCARRER JAUME


ROLE


COMPANY MELIÁ HOTELS INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY SPAIN


Bellon has been chairwoman of the multinational food services and facilities management company Sodexo since 2016 after she was nominated to succeed by her father and founder Pierre Bellon. She has served on the L’Oréal Group board since 2015. In 2013, Sodexo entrusted her with research, development and innovation. In 2017, the firm earned €21 billion ($25.2 billion), up from €19 billion in 2016 and consistently up from 2014. Sodexo has won awards for its gender equality policies. It agreed a global partnership deal with Huawei in January 2018, the latest major Chinese contract for a French blue-chip company signed during President Macron’s visit to China.


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In 1996, the next-generation Wharton School graduate took part in the successful IPO of Meliá Hotels International, founded by his father, Gabriel Escarrer Juliá. A decade later, after 60 years at the helm of Spain’s leading hotel group, its founder became non- executive chairman, transferring his executive powers to Gabriel with the unanimous support of the board. Gabriel is credited with leading a strong surge in company growth and renewal, especially after the Global Financial Crisis, and for a major technological transformation at the firm. Meliá posted revenues of €1.88 billion ($2.26 billion) in 2017 with net profits leaping 28% to €129 million.


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