Sodexho Chief Diversity Officer Named Among Top 20 Diversity Champions

GAITHERSBURG, Md., November 9, 2007 -Sodexho, Inc., the nation's leading provider of integrated food and facilities management services, announced that Diversity Edge Magazine has named Dr. Rohini Anand, senior vice president and chief diversity officer, to its 2007 Top 20 Diversity Champions List. Dr. Anand is responsible for leading and supporting Sodexho's North America and global diversity initiatives. The annual list highlights individuals who have made a difference in furthering diversity and inclusion.

A globally recognized expert on workplace diversity and inclusion, Anand is credited with refining Sodexho's workforce diversity strategy and launching employee network groups designed to address the interests and concerns of Sodexho's women and minority employees, developing and implementing an equal employment opportunity training program, and creating a "diversity scorecard" which links each manager's diversity achievement with annual compensation.

Anand has guided Sodexho to a leadership position among companies in the area of diversity and inclusion. Sodexho engages its 125,000 North America employees in a progressive working environment where all employees, customers, suppliers, and community partners feel welcome, valued, and respected, embracing differences as a collective competitive advantage. 

Sodexho weaves diversity and inclusion into the fabric of its daily operations, with innovative programs that are led and implemented from the highest executive ranks to the front lines of employees who provide service to more then ten million people every day. Diversity and inclusion is formalized at Sodexho through the Office of Diversity, the Diversity Leadership Council, the five affinity or Employee Network Groups, diverse supplier program and Diversity Councils. Sodexho's success in leveraging the strength of its diverse workforce is demonstrated through its many awards and recognition - more than 25 earned in 2007.

About Sodexho
Sodexho, Inc. (www.sodexhoUSA.com) is the leading provider of integrated food and facilities management services in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with $7.3 billion (USD) in annual revenue and 125,000 employees. Sodexho serves more than ten million customers daily in corporations, health care, long term care and retirement centers, schools, college campuses, government and remote sites. Sodexho, Inc., headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., is a subsidiary of Sodexho Alliance (www.sodexho.com). Sodexho, Inc. funds the Sodexho Foundation (www.helpstophunger.org), an independent charitable organization that, since its founding in 1999, has made more than $9.2 million in grants to fight hunger in America.

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