Dean Johnson Appointed President at Sodexo Canada

Burlington, Ontario, January 6th, 2009: John Bush, COO and Market President of Sodexo, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Dean Johnson as President, Sodexo Canada, Ltd.

Dean joined Sodexo in 2008 as Senior Vice President and has been developing and leading the company's strategy in Integrated Facilities Management (IFM). Dean brings a wealth of industry and leadership experience having served as sector President Compass Group Canada and President at Trammell Crow Company Canada prior to joining Sodexo.

“Sodexo's vision in Canada and Globally is to be the premier outsourcing expert in Quality of Life Services. To achieve this objective, we have a clear strategy to reinforce our leadership position in food services and accelerate our development of facilities management services.” Says  Dean Johnson, President Sodexo Canada.  “Dean's unique background in providing value added outsourced client solutions for food services, facilities management and real estate services will position us to achieve our vision”. Said John Bush, COO and Market President, Sodexo North America.”

Dean is a graduate of the University of Calgary, and a Professional Engineer.  His credentials are supplemented by a variety of accreditations and affiliations.

Sodexo, Inc., part of the international Sodexo Group, is the leading integrated food and facilities management services company in Canada, the US and Mexico, with $7.7 (USD) billion in annual revenue and 125,000 employees. Sodexo serves more than ten million customers daily in corporations, health care, long term care and retirement centers, schools, college campuses, government and remote sites. Sodexo Canada is a member of Sodexo Group, and funds the Sodexo Foundation an independent charitable organization that, since its founding in 2001, has donated more than 400,000 free meals to at risk youth in Canada.