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Greg Swanson

Managing Director
Los Angeles

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Expertise

  • Executive Compensation
  • Director Compensation
  • Incentive Plan Design
  • Change-in-Control Arrangements
  • Supplemental Retirement Arrangements

Education

  • BS, Warner Pacific University

Get in touch with Greg

(415) 651-4831 Download Bio (415) 361-3069 LinkedIn Contact Greg

Commitment To Clients

My number one goal is to help my clients make wise, informed decisions regarding the way they compensate their people. To do that, I need to understand their business and their unique strategy for growing long-term enterprise value, earn their trust as a partner, and then back up that trust with credible and thoughtful advice.

Biography

Greg Swanson is a managing director with Pearl Meyer’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s national banking practice. He has more than 20 years’ experience consulting with public and private companies on all aspects of executive and board compensation, including governance, education, compliance, communication, philosophy, design, implementation, monitoring, modeling, benchmarking, succession planning, employment agreements, and more. The majority of his work in recent years has been focused on executive and director compensation issues affecting community and regional banks. Greg is a frequent speaker at banking association conferences and is a regular author on board and executive pay topics.

Prior to joining Pearl Meyer, Greg was the founder and managing member of Swanson Advisory Services, LLC, an independent compensation consulting firm headquartered in the Pacific Northwest and focused exclusively on serving the needs of community and regional financial institutions. Greg merged his practice into Pearl Meyer when he joined the firm in April 2012. Prior to Swanson Advisory Services, Greg practiced as a consulting actuary, with particular emphasis on executive compensation and benefit plans.

Greg received his BS in Mathematics from Warner Pacific University and he is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries.

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Banner Corporation
Columbia Banking System
First Interstate Bank
HomeStreet Bank
American Savings Bank
Heritage Financial Corporation

Publications and Presentations

Presentation
Kathy Baron
Greg Swanson
March 2020

Planning For Succession: Creating a Robust Talent Pipeline for Organizational Success

Unless there is a major shift in your bank’s strategic direction, building talent internally is the best way to replace key leadership positions.

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Article
Margaret Black
Greg Swanson
October 2016

Add a Change-in-Control Review to the Year-End Agenda

With heavy M&A activity in the community banking space, unexpected changes-in-control can present surprises. Here are five actions boards can consider.

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Article
BankDirector.com
Greg Swanson
July 2016

Three Reasons Why You Should Care About the New Proposed Incentive Compensation Rules

What banks of all sizes should be doing now to prepare for coming changes in compensation rules.

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Article
BankDirector.com
Greg Swanson
February 2016

Bank Director Compensation: Consider Adopting These Big Company Practices at Your Bank

These three current S&P 500 firms' director pay trends are worth considering for banks of all sizes.

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Western Banker
Greg Swanson
March 2015

Effective Bank Executive Compensation Design – It Starts with Business Strategy

Ensuring executive pay is an effective tool to drive a bank's unique strategy may require straying from market prevalence.

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Advisor Blog
Todd Carter
April 2021

Real Estate Industry CEOs See Increased Long-Term Incentives as a Percent of Pay

Data from almost 400 organizations show uptick in total direct compensation and substantial differences between the pay practices of private and public companies. 

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Catherine Chadwick
Alex Styles
April 2021

Non-Executive Director’s Remuneration Report: FTSE 350 Analysis

A look at how NED compensation varies as a result of sector, market cap, and revenue, plus data on committee pay

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Webcast
Margaret Black
Daniel Wetzel
April 2021

M&As and Retaining Key Talent: How Do Your Change-in-Control Plans Stack Up?

This Pearl Meyer/NACD webcast features an in-depth review of current best practices and market data on all things CIC.

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