Swinford

That very day he set out once more to the shores of the silvery Avon, and crossed it with the delighted pigs, at a shallow spot, which has ever since that time, in memory thereof, been called Swinford, or

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Garda Robert McCallion of Swinford County Mayo (29) was seriously injured when he was struck by a stolen car two weeks ago.

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Former Republican state Rep. David Swinford used to represent the Panhandle, which in 2006 endured the deadliest wildfire on record in Texas, a blaze that killed 12 people and scorched more than a million acres.

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Mr. Swinford previously served as services leader for GE Healthcare's North American division and has been with GE since 1992.

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After the flames were out, Swinford worked to increase funding for the wildfire plan and for volunteer fire departments through a tax on insurance companies.

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Swinford urged directors to identify the drivers of their businesses.

Balancing Risk And Compensation 2010

Where boards need to focus when balancing priorities starts with the basics, Swinford said: "First of all, [boards must consider the] reputational and legal risk to the organization [because] of executive compensation decisions, but more importantly, the risk that you might make compensation decisions or implement executive compensation programs that will not be fundamentally in the interest of the shareholders in the long run."

Balancing Risk And Compensation 2010

Swinford addressed the concept of simplification, not oversimplification: "We have a lot of things in our executive compensation programs that are not only hard to explain to shareholders -- but in fact, in many cases, the participating executives do not understand them."

Balancing Risk And Compensation 2010

"In an ideal world, you would grow your own successors for all of your key positions," Swinford said.

Balancing Risk And Compensation 2010

"Some of those drivers are financial, many of them are operational and a number of them are changes in your strategy," said Swinford, who also emphasized the delicate balance between performance and retention.

Balancing Risk And Compensation 2010