Consumer Services

Ontario Sunshine List 2013 · 24 employees earning $100K+

Government of Ontario – Ministries
Data ends in 2013. Consumer Services has no records in the 2025 Sunshine List — it may have been renamed, merged into another organization, or no longer report under this name. Search for its current listing.

At a Glance
2013

Employee Count

24

2013 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$2.9M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$121,848

2013 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$110,202

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Consumer Services in 2013?

GILES GHERSON, Deputy Minister, was paid $251,003 in 2013 — the highest total compensation among 24 Consumer Services employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $110,202.

How has Consumer Services' Sunshine List changed?

Consumer Services listed 15 people in 2009 and 24 in 2013, up 60%; payroll on the list went from $1.8M to $2.9M, and the median salary moved from $105,050 to $110,202. It has not appeared under this name since 2013.

How many Consumer Services employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 5 yearly values of median salary, from $105,050 in 2009 to $110,202 in 2013.$100K$103K$105K$108K$110K$113K20092010201120122013
Median salary, 2009–2013. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold. That threshold has never been indexed to inflation, so this line can fall over time simply because more people newly cross it — not necessarily because pay fell.

Top Employees
2013

#1Giles Gherson
$251,003
Deputy Minister
#2Frank Denton
$198,568
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy & Consumer Protection Services Division
#3Renu Kulendran
$140,738
Executive Lead Strategic Operations
#4David Brezer
$138,355
Director, Consumer Policy & Liaison Branch
#5Cynthia Greeniaus
$136,568
Director, Communications
#6Barbara Duckitt
$131,208
Director, Consumer Protection
#7Nicole Stewart
$120,791
Director, Public Safety
#8Luisa Tmej
$115,356
Senior Policy Advisor
#9Larissa Hretchka
$113,001
Manager Electrical Safety
#10Nancy Watkins
$111,681
Senior Policy & Program Analyst Delegation Administrative Authority Liaison
#11Richard Frank
$110,590
Assistant Director, Communications
#12Viviana Zothner-Cotic
$110,491
Manager, Consumer & Business Policy
#13Robert Bonofiglio
$110,248
Senior Policy Advisor
#14Hussein Lalani
$109,703
Manager, Technical Safety
#15David Sobel
$107,715
Education, Outreach and Partnership Coordinator
#16Deirdre Brennan
$105,946
Manager, Investigations Unit
#17Patricia Hosking
$105,493
Senior Communications Advisor
#18Robert Harper
$105,383
Senior Policy Advisor
#19Sandra Hayduk
$105,345
Senior Policy & Program Analyst Delegation Administrative Authority Liaison
#20Lori Theoret
$103,814
Manager, Issues Management
#21Gary Demers
$101,729
Registrar/Manager, Theatres
#22Michael D'Mello
$101,729
Registrar/Manager, Cemeteries
#23Kirsten Mania
$101,366
Senior Policy & Program Analyst Delegation Administrative Authority Liaison
#24Paul Challen
$100,024
Editorial Coordinator

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Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2012 → 2013

No qualifying raises were computed for the 2013 Sunshine List.

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

5 people were new to Consumer Services's list in 2013; <5 who were on it in 2012 were not. See the full 2013 roster →

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