Joseph Bamford could shoot, fish, swim, and sail. Bamford paid more than fair wages, which rose regularly, and annual bonuses based on reports of individual worth. In 1967 Bamford stood on a farm cart and handed out personal cheques totalling £250,000. This extraordinary focus in return gave unprecedented levels of workforce flexibility, with the average JCB employee through the strike-dominated 1970s and early 1980s being seven times more productive than the average British manufacturing worker. In 1975 Bamford and his wife Marjorie (née Griffin – married 1941) handed over the business to their two sons, and retired to Switzerland as tax exiles.
Ryan Bamford and strength and conditioning, as well as all intercollegiate scheduling, event management and postseason championships for the 35-sport department. Bamford has served on a number of NCAA and Ivy League committees, including four years on the NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Committee, which he chaired from 2009 to 2010. As part of the administration at Yale, Bamford was responsible for successful new parking regulations for annual Harvard-Yale football rivalry game, as well as dealing with student pranks associated with the rivalry. As senior associate director of athletics at Georgia Tech from 2011-2015, Bamford had direct oversight of all internal operations