Group Chief Operating Officer 
President & Chief Executive Officer, North America, 
On-site Service Solutions 
Member of the Group's Executive Committee  

George Chavel is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sodexo North America. With 2009 revenues of $7.8 billion, which accounts for 39.1% of the global revenue for the parent company, Sodexo North America is a leading provider of on-site service solutions specializing in corporate, health care, education, and government markets in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Sodexo North America employs 120,000 people in the company's six business lines serving more than 6,600 clients and ten million customers daily. Mr. Chavel also serves as the Chief Operating Officer for the parent company in a global role and is a member of the Group's Executive Committee.

A strong advocate of training and development opportunities for employees and building diverse and inclusive workplaces, Mr. Chavel joined Sodexo in 1991 and has held a wide range of leadership positions including Vice President for the Hospitals/Acute Care Division and Chief Operating Officer and Health Care Market President for Sodexo North America. Prior to joining Sodexo, Mr. Chavel spent seven years in the restaurant franchising industry. He began his professional career with Arthur Andersen.

Mr. Chavel is a former board member of the National Committee for Quality Health Care (NCQHC) and the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL).  He currently chairs the company's Diversity Leadership Council and serves on the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Corporate Advisory Board, the Albion College Board of Trustees, the boards of the Hispanic College Fund, the Maryland Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, and the Sodexo Foundation, the charitable arm of Sodexo, Inc. whose mission is to end hunger in America.

A native of Michigan, Mr. Chavel graduated from Albion College, in Albion, Michigan with a bachelor of arts in Economics and Management. Born in 1959, George Chavel is married and has two children.