Michel Landel

Michel Landel began his career at Chase Manhattan Bank in 1977. In 1990, he became plant director for the Poliet group before joining Sodexo in 1984 first as Head of Operations for East Africa and then for Africa. In 2000, he became Vice-Chairman of Sodexo’s Executive Committee and in 2003, Deputy Chief Executive Officer. From 2005 to January 2018, he was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee and was appointed Director of Sodexo in 2007.

Since 2018, Michel Landel has been lead director and Chairman of the Appointments and Compensation Committee of Danone and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Louis Delhaize group.

He has won several awards for his campaigns in favor of diversity in the workplace. He also ranked 67th in the Harvard Business Review’s 2015 rankings of The Best-Performing CEOs in the World.