Sean Haley

Sean Haley has been Chief Executive Officer of Service Operations Worldwide 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.