Exhibit 12.2


        CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT


     I, Sian Herbert-Jones, the Chief Financial Officer of Sodexho Alliance, SA
(the "registrant"), certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of the registrant;

2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual
report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
registrant and have:

         a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
         disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
         supervision to ensure that material information relating to the
         registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
         us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
         which this annual report is being prepared;

         b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
         such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
         our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
         reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
         statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
         accounting principles;

         c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
         and procedures and presented in this annual report our conclusions
         about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as
         of the end of the period covered by this annual report based on such
         evaluation; and;

         d) Disclosed in this annual report any change in the company's
         internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
         period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or
         is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company's internal
         control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting, to
the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent):

         a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
         or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
         reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to
         record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

         b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
         other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
         internal controls over financial reporting.

Date: February 24, 2006


                             By:   /s/ Sian Herbert-Jones
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                                   Name:  Sian Herbert-Jones
                                   Title:  Chief Financial Officer