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Sodexho president to speak at Troy State University Feb. 28

    Sodexho president and chief executive officer Michel Landel will speak at Troy State University on Thursday, Feb. 28 at a convocation of the university’s Sorrell College of Business.
   The lecture is set for 10 a.m. in the Adams Center Theatre for the Performing Arts on the TSU campus. The event is open to the public and is free of charge.
   The Sorrell College of Business convocation is designed to expose TSU students to a broad range of outstanding business leaders, said Dr. Tom Ratcliffe, Dean. Past speakers include Steve McMillan, CEO of Sara Lee; Gary Youngblood, president of Alagasco; and Patricia Barnes, founder of Sister Schubert’s Homemade Rolls.
   As president and CEO of Sodexho, Landel heads the leading provider of food and facilities management in the United States and Canada. Sodexho, which had sales of $4.7 billion in 2000, employs more than 130,000 people and manages another 60,000 client-employees. The company has 5,000 clients in the United States and Canada, including corporations, health care facilities and institutions of higher education.
   Sodexho, the North American subsidiary of Sodexho Alliance, provides food service and facilities management for Troy State University.
   Landel has served as Sodexho president and CEO since 1999. He joined Sodexho Alliance in 1984 as chief operating manager for East Africa, Libya and Algeria and later served as president of the company’s remote site operations in Africa. Before being named to his current position, Landel served as president of Sodexho’s North American operations and as president of the company’s Corporate Services Division.
   Landel is a former recipient of the prestigious Golden Chain Award, presented in 1997 by the Multi-Unit Food Service Operators, and the Ivy Award, presented in 1998 by the magazine Restaurant and Institution. He holds a master’s of business administration degree from the European Business School in Paris and has also studied in the United Kingdom and Germany.