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Sodexo Appoints Leader of Affordable Energy Nonprofit to Business Advisory Board

Posted on: Monday, 2 March 2009, 09:35 CST

Former Shell Oil President John Hofmeister joins company advisors

GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- To further expand its corporate citizenship and business innovations, Sodexo, Inc., today announced the appointment of John Hofmeister, chief executive of Citizens for Affordable Energy, to the Sodexo Business Advisory Board, a group of respected leaders, academicians and entrepreneurs whose recommendations help guide the North America operations for the leading integrated food and facilities management services company.

After retiring from the presidency of Shell Oil Company in July 2008, Mr. Hofmeister founded and leads Citizens for Affordable Energy, a not-for-profit, nationwide membership association. This Washington, D.C. based public policy education organization promotes sound U.S. energy security solutions, including affordable energy supplies, efficiency improvements, essential infrastructure, sustainable environmental policies and public education on energy issues.

"Sodexo values the vision, experience, and insight with energy efficiency, sustainability and business solutions that John Hofmeister will bring to our advisory board," said George Chavel, Sodexo, Inc. president and CEO. "We're eager that he will help Sodexo continue to innovate and serve our customers with the best possible energy and environmental policies and practices."

"I'm honored to be invited to work with an industry leader like Sodexo, to help the company progress in its business and energy and sustainability efforts," said Mr. Hofmeister.

Sodexo, Inc. looks to its Business Advisory Board for advice and counsel related to markets, business growth and issues that impact its corporate reputation. The other members of the Advisory Board are:

• Alexis M. Herman, chair, former U.S. Secretary of Labor
• Judy George, founder and CEO of Domain Home Fashions
• Bradley Googins, executive director, the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College
• Lester Lyles, independent aerospace consultant and managing partner for Four Seasons Ventures
• George Munoz, president of Munoz Investment Banking Group, LLC
• David R. Pitts, chairman and CEO of Pitts Management Associates, Inc.
• Joshua I. Smith, chairman and managing partner of The Coaching Group

Sodexo, Inc.

Sodexo, Inc. (www.sodexoUSA.com) is a leading integrated facilities management services company in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with $7.7 billion (USD) in annual revenue and 120,000 employees. Sodexo serves more than ten million customers daily in corporations, health care, long term care and retirement centers, schools, college campuses, government, and remote sites. Sodexo, Inc., headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., is a member of Sodexo Group, and funds all administrative costs for the Sodexo Foundation (www.sodexofoundation.org), an independent charitable organization that, since its founding in 1999, has made more than $11 million in grants to fight hunger in America.

SOURCE Sodexo, Inc.

Source: PR Newswire

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