---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-158342"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEO"
cik: "0000923796"
company_name: "GEO GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2024-06-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T05:26:32.915956+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GEO Group appoints Mark J. Suchinski as CFO effective July 8, 2024

## Summary
- Suchinski previously CFO of Spirit AeroSystems; brings finance and manufacturing experience.
- Employment agreement: $700,000 base salary, 100% target performance award, initial 50,000 restricted shares.
- Shayn March remains Acting CFO until July 8, then continues as EVP Finance and Treasurer.
- Relocation reimbursement of $150,000 provided, deducted from 2025 performance award; severance includes two times salary plus 18-month benefits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-158342
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEO
- cik: 0000923796
- company_name: GEO GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2024-06-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312524158342/0001193125-24-158342-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312524158342/d800341d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-158342.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark J. Suchinski was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at GEO GROUP INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On June 4, 2024, the Board of Directors of The GEO Group, Inc. (“GEO” or the “Company”) approved the appointment of Mark J. Suchinski as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 8, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923796/000119312524158342/0001193125-24-158342-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.