Mumbai: Sodexo, the world leader in quality of life services, announced the appointment of Rishi Gour as country president, effective September 1, 2015.

Rishi joined Sodexo in 2011 and has since worked towards the brand’s promise of delivering quality of life services to 400+ corporate, education and healthcare clients through 40,000+ Sodexo employees spread across 1200+ sites. A dedicated and result driven senior leader, Rishi has successfully achieved profitable business growth for Sodexo with his sharp business acumen and dynamic operational strategies. He has a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT-Varanasi (formerly, IT-BHU) and a post graduate degree in Management from IIM Ahmedabad.

Prior to joining Sodexo; Rishi has assumed various leadership and operating roles at WNS Global Services, Accenture and CITIL (now acquired by Oracle) across functional areas, including business development, programme management, consulting, technology and operations. Sodexo India on-site services is a leading provider of services that impact the Quality of Life of clients and their employees in the corporate segment and remote sites, patients and visitors in the healthcare segment, and students and faculty in the education segment. Sodexo is considered a strategic partner to its clients and delivers more than 40 different food and facilities management solutions across 1200+ sites, through its 40,000 employees who touch the lives of 1 million consumers daily.

Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services launched operations in 1997. Market leader by far, Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services delivers solutions through Employee Benefits and Incentives & Recognition services, including Meal Pass, electronic Meal Card, Gift Pass and Say Reward.