Genesee & Wyoming Inc. announced on April 4, 2018, the appointment of Bruce J. Carter and Cynthia L. Hostetler to its Board of Directors. These appointments expand the G&W Board to 12 directors, 11 of whom are independent directors. Mr. Carter has extensive public company board experience in Australia and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Bank of Queensland Limited, SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited and Aventus Capital Limited. Mr. Carter is also Chairman of the Australian government-owned ASC Pty Ltd. (formerly Australian Submarine Corporation). He also chairs the South Australian Premier’s Climate Change Council. Mr. Carter has served as a Director of G&W’s Australian subsidiary, Genesee & Wyoming Australia Pty Ltd. since 2011. He was a founding Managing Partner of Ferrier Hodgson, Adelaide from 1992 to 2012 and previously was a Partner of Ernst & Young, Australia. In conjunction with the new appointments, Richard Allert and Hans Michael Norkus have informed the G&W Board that they will not stand for re-election at the end of their terms in May 2018.