The GEO Group, Inc. appointed Jose Gordo to the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Gordo will serve as a director of the Company for a term expiring at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, at which time his continued service on the Board of Directors will be subject to renomination and shareholder approval. Mr. Gordo was also appointed to the following committees of the Board of Directors: the Corporate Planning Committee, the Operations and Oversight Committee and the Legal Steering Committee. Mr. Gordo has over 20 years of experience in business management, private equity, corporate finance and business law. Since June 2017, Mr. Gordo has served as the Managing Partner of a general partnership that invests in and actively oversees small and medium-sized privately held companies, with a focus on the healthcare, technology and financial services industries. From 2013 to early 2017, Mr. Gordo served as the Chief Financial Officer of magicJack Vocaltec Ltd. Prior to that position, Mr. Gordo served as a Managing Director at The Comvest Group. Previously, Mr. Gordo was a partner at the national law firm of Akerman LLP, where he specialized in corporate law matters, advising public and private companies and private equity firms on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions.