Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Sunshine List 2021
255 employees earning $100K+ · median $115,469 · average $127,293 · overview and trend →
Who makes the most at Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade in 2021?
Giles Gherson, Deputy Minister, was paid $370,314 in 2021 — the highest total compensation among 255 Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $115,469.
All Employees · 255 in 2021 · page 1 of 2
| # | Name | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giles Gherson | Deputy Minister | $369,880 | $370,314 |
| 2 | Richard Caine | Manager, Internal Trade Negotiations | $326,833 | $326,975 |
| 3 | Ian Todd | Special Advisor, Agent General | $300,507 | $300,885 |
| 4 | Shirley Phillips | Deputy Minister | $266,439 | $266,786 |
| 5 | Maud Murray | Assistant Deputy Minister, Office of Red Tape Reduction and Small Business | $253,213 | $253,524 |
| 6 | Kevin Perry | Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Planning | $238,360 | $238,620 |
| 7 | Victor Severino | Assistant Deputy Minister, Pandemic Response Secretariat | $237,887 | $238,169 |
| 8 | Gabriella Alberico | Team Lead | $229,527 | $229,669 |
| 9 | Trevor Dauphinee | Chief Executive Officer, Invest Ontario | $222,984 | $223,249 |
| 10 | Alexandra Sutton | Assistant Deputy Minister, Export Growth and International Representation | $208,232 | $208,493 |
| 11 | David Barnes | Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade Policy, Industry and Investment | $196,586 | $196,832 |
| 12 | Jennifer Wismer | Chief Administrative Officer/Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate and Policy Services Division | $189,801 | $190,025 |
| 13 | Robert Kaszas | Director Lead, Office of Red Tape Reduction | $183,736 | $183,960 |
| 14 | Richard Kikuta | Director, Economic Research and Analytics | $183,704 | $183,927 |
| 15 | Todd Kilpatrick | Chief Administrative Officer/Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate and Policy Services Division | $181,040 | $181,276 |
| 16 | Earl Provost | Special Advisor, Agent General | $180,780 | $180,994 |
| 17 | Jagjit Singh Badwal | Special Advisor, Agent General | $180,780 | $180,780 |
| 18 | Nelson Janicas | Director, Service Management and Facilities | $176,833 | $177,057 |
| 19 | Rakhi Lad | Director, Strategic Industry Intelligence | $175,691 | $175,904 |
| 20 | Anne Bermonte | Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Scale-Up and Regional Economic Development | $174,772 | $174,991 |
| 21 | Steve Romanyshyn | Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Capital Growth Corporation | $173,366 | $173,585 |
| 22 | Dawn Landry | Director, Intellectual Property Secretariat | $170,226 | $170,441 |
| 23 | Hugo Cameron | Director Lead, Trade Policy | $169,678 | $169,888 |
| 24 | Sarah Hui | Team Lead | $169,221 | $169,369 |
| 25 | George Cadete | Director, Scale-up Services | $168,934 | $169,138 |
| 26 | Louise Dowie | Program Assistance and Controllership | $168,937 | $169,075 |
| 27 | Patricia Bishop | Director, Economic Recovery and Effectiveness | $165,207 | $165,422 |
| 28 | Christina Kucharchuk | Director, International Representation Branch | $165,082 | $165,282 |
| 29 | Andrew Guy | Director, Advanced Technologies | $162,669 | $162,866 |
| 30 | Enrico Di Nino | Director, Testing | $160,529 | $160,732 |
| 31 | Moira Cowan | Case Coordinator | $156,435 | $156,597 |
| 32 | Stephanie Appave | Director, Regional Economic Development | $155,568 | $155,765 |
| 33 | Corie Mcdougall | Assistant Deputy Minister, Export Growth and International Representation | $152,858 | $153,043 |
| 34 | Carolyn Doering | Director, Innovation Strategies and Programs | $152,797 | $152,982 |
| 35 | Jonathan Leigh | Director, Communications | $151,604 | $151,796 |
| 36 | Joe Veloce | Manager, Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing | $150,517 | $150,706 |
| 37 | Brigitte Dianne Marleau | Executive Assistant | $147,520 | $147,704 |
| 38 | Lynne Groulx | Director, Business Advisory Services | $146,157 | $146,334 |
| 39 | Annette Azzopardi | Director, Strategic Human Resources Branch | $145,388 | $145,564 |
| 40 | Thomas Bedford | Director Lead, Automotive | $144,832 | $145,007 |
| 41 | Aaron Rosland | Senior Economic Officer, London | $144,258 | $144,258 |
| 42 | Muneeb Chaudhary | Director, Business Planning and Finance | $143,493 | $143,666 |
| 43 | Derek Burgess | Director, Policy Planning and Strategy | $143,227 | $143,408 |
| 44 | Leigh Davison | Director, Funding Administration | $141,839 | $142,020 |
| 45 | Matthew Gordon | Director, Sector and Investment Strategy | $141,598 | $141,777 |
| 46 | Pamela Kanter | Senior Economic Officer, Paris | $138,709 | $138,890 |
| 47 | Yijun Song | Senior Economic Officer, Beijing | $138,709 | $138,890 |
| 48 | David Meyer | Director, Small Business | $138,146 | $138,322 |
| 49 | Carla Tsambourlianos | Manager, International Markets | $137,121 | $137,303 |
| 50 | Jean Abousaab | Director, Investment Services | $136,814 | $136,986 |
| 51 | Maureen Hall | Assistant Director, Planning and Marketing | $136,693 | $136,866 |
| 52 | Camille Jones | Manager, Business Relief | $136,529 | $136,702 |
| 53 | Damian Dupuy | Manager, Strategic Projects | $135,870 | $136,045 |
| 54 | Carrie Manchuk | Lead, Site Planning and Coordination | $135,393 | $135,567 |
| 55 | Leon Williams | Manager, Central Ontario | $135,277 | $135,446 |
| 56 | Sandra Hayduk | Manager, Regulatory Reform, Policy and Coordination | $135,234 | $135,407 |
| 57 | Claude Myre | Manager, Innovation and Communications Technology | $135,208 | $135,381 |
| 58 | Samantha Kemp-Welch | Manager, Investment Strategies | $135,156 | $135,329 |
| 59 | Asokan Sadasivan | Executive Officer, Finance | $135,102 | $135,275 |
| 60 | Vitaly Paroshyn | Manager, International Markets | $134,890 | $135,175 |
| 61 | Marcel Parent | Manager, Regional Innovation Centres | $134,591 | $134,763 |
| 62 | Rudy Lo | Director, Program Support | $134,326 | $134,497 |
| 63 | Julia Gallo | Manager, Small Business Strategy Development | $134,055 | $134,226 |
| 64 | Jack Maguire | Director, Policy Planning and Strategy | $133,347 | $133,517 |
| 65 | Robert Crabtree | Manager, Scale-up Programs | $133,148 | $133,319 |
| 66 | Allison Hayball | Manager, Strategy and Operations | $132,716 | $132,886 |
| 67 | Stefano Sanguigni | Executive Lead, Investments | $132,639 | $132,806 |
| 68 | Harald Feldhoff | Manager, Production Industries | $132,001 | $132,170 |
| 69 | Joseph Van Overberghe | Manager, Policy and Development | $131,581 | $131,747 |
| 70 | Gregory Dl Gordon | Chief of Staff | $130,993 | $131,162 |
| 71 | Wendy Bryan | Manager, Digital Strategy | $130,895 | $131,063 |
| 72 | Stephen Hon | Manager, Program Operations | $130,104 | $130,266 |
| 73 | Emmanuel Gunaratnam | Manager, Digital Marketing Operations | $129,905 | $130,190 |
| 74 | Karen Paquin | Special Projects Manager | $129,458 | $129,612 |
| 75 | Katherine Tangorra | Manager, Missions | $127,711 | $127,878 |
| 76 | John Millen | Senior Transaction Specialist | $126,902 | $127,067 |
| 77 | Deanna Black | Manager, Main Street Relief Grant | $126,937 | $127,064 |
| 78 | Sumon Mukherjee | Manager, Strategy Development | $126,670 | $126,831 |
| 79 | Amie Sergas | Manager, Program and Contract Management | $125,736 | $125,850 |
| 80 | Christine Strohschein | Manager, Facilities and Records Management | $124,458 | $124,613 |
| 81 | Xander Naryan | Team Lead | $123,834 | $123,990 |
| 82 | Rita Byvelds | Manager, Operation Design and Improvement | $123,041 | $123,195 |
| 83 | Giampiero Ressi | Manager, Emergency Management | $122,697 | $122,850 |
| 84 | Christopher Lau | Manager, Analytics | $122,394 | $122,546 |
| 85 | Jeffrey Walters | Manager, Trade Engagement | $122,277 | $122,434 |
| 86 | Heather Potter | Chief of Staff | $122,272 | $122,431 |
| 87 | Rodriguez Zizzo | Manager, Burden Reduction | $122,225 | $122,377 |
| 88 | Stephen Chiang | Manager, Issues and Engagement | $122,095 | $122,251 |
| 89 | Ryan Convery | Senior Account Executive | $121,718 | $121,869 |
| 90 | Brenda Hogan | Chief Operating Officer | $120,860 | $121,015 |
| 91 | Catherine Mah | Senior Program Advisor | $120,814 | $120,964 |
| 92 | Ireen Wieditz | Manager, Policy and Strategy | $120,215 | $120,368 |
| 93 | P.Robert Lachance | Senior Communications Advisor | $120,017 | $120,173 |
| 94 | Stephen Kobryn | Team Lead | $119,081 | $119,236 |
| 95 | Matthew Chu | Team Lead | $118,996 | $119,144 |
| 96 | Tyler Middlebrook | Executive Assistant | $118,968 | $119,116 |
| 97 | Vasudave Daggupaty | Team Lead | $118,718 | $118,873 |
| 98 | Aneesa Aasim | Senior Policy Advisor | $118,549 | $118,698 |
| 99 | Amanda Ally | Team Lead | $118,176 | $118,375 |
| 100 | Shireen Mohammed | Manager, Corporate Policy Coordination | $118,174 | $118,328 |
| 101 | Ashley Fung | Manager, Trade Agreements and Disputes | $118,057 | $118,208 |
| 102 | Aimee Skelton | Team Lead | $118,014 | $118,163 |
| 103 | Melanie Fernandes | Manager, Investment Relations | $117,994 | $118,147 |
| 104 | Rajiv Prasad | Manager, International Marketing and Promotion | $117,932 | $118,083 |
| 105 | Thu Guiney | Manager, Ontario Small Business Support Grant | $117,544 | $117,697 |
| 106 | Erfa Alani | Executive Officer, Operations | $117,487 | $117,632 |
| 107 | Michael Mathiu | Manager, Life Sciences | $117,016 | $117,168 |
| 108 | Anisha Janice Khamis-Di Renzo | Manager, Strategy Coordination | $116,707 | $116,859 |
| 109 | Marta Michniewicz | Manager, Investment Outreach | $116,599 | $116,748 |
| 110 | Eva Pinto | Manager, Site Selection | $116,491 | $116,641 |
| 111 | Galen Kennedy | Manager, Regional Coordination | $116,337 | $116,486 |
| 112 | Catherine Pulsinelli | Manager, Trade Negotiations | $116,040 | $116,189 |
| 113 | Irfan Mandozai | Senior Policy Advisor | $115,865 | $116,016 |
| 114 | Ian Dyament | Senior Account Executive | $115,784 | $115,929 |
| 115 | Robert Schock | Team Lead | $115,504 | $115,759 |
| 116 | Cheryl Donais | Strategic Lead | $115,469 | $115,724 |
| 117 | Robert Bult | Senior Policy Advisor | $115,469 | $115,671 |
| 118 | Lincoln Kim | Special Advisor | $115,477 | $115,627 |
| 119 | Jasmit Arora | Team Lead | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 120 | Jocelyn Bacchus | Policy Coordinator | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 121 | Kim Blackmore | General Manager/Portfolio Manager | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 122 | Aaron Chan | Senior Program Advisor | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 123 | Deborah Clark | Senior Account Executive | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 124 | Ruth Dorenfeld | Senior Policy Advisor | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 125 | Karin Goegginger | Team Lead | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 126 | Paul Haynes | Senior Program Advisor | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 127 | Daniel Iadipaolo | Team Lead | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 128 | Preet Jaswal | Senior Policy Advisor | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 129 | Joseph Kurian | Senior Account Executive | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 130 | Catherine Lee | Senior Policy Advisor | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 131 | Kelly Mcconnell | Project Lead | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 132 | Scott Mckinnon | Senior Sector Policy Advisor | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 133 | Jamie Pitts | Team Lead | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 134 | Judith Anne Ponte | Lead, International Operations | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 135 | Matthew Regan | Senior Program Advisor | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 136 | Shahrokh Shahabi-Azad | Team Lead | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 137 | Catherine Shepherd | Senior Policy Advisor | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 138 | Patrick Somers | Team Lead | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 139 | Stan Tsang | Senior Policy Advisor | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 140 | Mansoor Wani | Senior Program Advisor | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 141 | Nicholas Wedgwood | Team Lead | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 142 | Charlene Yeates | Team Lead | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 143 | Sara Zippin | Senior Policy Advisor | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 144 | Tamer Douara | Senior Program Advisor | $115,469 | $115,619 |
| 145 | Elaine Lai | Senior Program Advisor | $115,408 | $115,559 |
| 146 | Dmitri Prokopiev | Senior Policy Advisor | $115,359 | $115,509 |
| 147 | Laurie-Ann Hossein | Senior Policy Advisor | $115,337 | $115,487 |
| 148 | Darius Basarab | Manager, Financial Technology and Business Services | $115,189 | $115,336 |
| 149 | Ji-Hoon Shin | Senior Policy Advisor | $115,042 | $115,296 |
| 150 | Matthew Mahoney | Manager, Innovation Strategies | $114,702 | $114,967 |
| 151 | Jerome Lee | Manager, Centralized Ontario Resources Entity | $114,799 | $114,945 |
| 152 | Huan He | Senior Program Advisor | $114,716 | $114,866 |
| 153 | Brian Ritchie | Senior Program Advisor | $114,665 | $114,815 |
| 154 | Yana Soroka | Team Lead | $114,665 | $114,815 |
| 155 | George Loo | Chief Financial Officer | $114,388 | $114,537 |
| 156 | Maria Onifrichuk | Team Lead | $114,362 | $114,510 |
| 157 | Amy Britten | Senior Business Advisor | $113,959 | $114,181 |
| 158 | Diane Yee | Project Navigator | $113,975 | $114,120 |
| 159 | Andy Dabideen | Manager, Main Street Relief Grant | $113,488 | $113,643 |
| 160 | Cheryl Marie Hart | Senior Account Executive | $113,441 | $113,578 |
| 161 | Chelsea Peet | Senior Economic Officer, San Francisco | $113,396 | $113,569 |
| 162 | Jennifer Murray | Team Lead | $113,406 | $113,551 |
| 163 | John Thomas | Special Advisor | $113,347 | $113,495 |
| 164 | Leah Beirnes | Manager, Strategic Human Resources Business Unit | $113,330 | $113,474 |
| 165 | Shuqin Su | Senior Advisor | $112,141 | $112,287 |
| 166 | Ben Willoughby | Manager, Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing | $111,444 | $111,583 |
| 167 | Angele Deschamps | Manager, Trade and Investment Offices Network | $110,973 | $111,115 |
| 168 | Jamie Thisdelle | Senior Investment Advisor | $110,812 | $110,956 |
| 169 | Amanda Mchugh | Senior Policy and Program Advisor | $110,478 | $110,707 |
| 170 | David Primack | Senior Policy Advisor | $110,424 | $110,507 |
| 171 | Aaron Hoffe | Senior Program Advisor | $110,213 | $110,357 |
| 172 | Louise Ryk | Senior Policy Advisor | $110,324 | $110,324 |
| 173 | Michael Gurr | Senior Policy Advisor | $109,635 | $109,777 |
| 174 | Ed Kung | Senior Policy Advisor | $109,622 | $109,765 |
| 175 | Nicolae Petrescu | Manager, Automotive | $109,551 | $109,693 |
| 176 | Peter Liber | Senior Account Executive | $109,336 | $109,479 |
| 177 | Nicola Hepburn | Senior Policy Advisor | $109,108 | $109,250 |
| 178 | David Peng | Senior Program Advisor | $108,826 | $108,968 |
| 179 | Andrea Salvati | Manager, Trade and Investment Offices Network | $108,789 | $108,925 |
| 180 | Ian Beckford | Team Lead | $108,762 | $108,904 |
| 181 | Daniel Burns | Senior Sector Policy Advisor | $108,762 | $108,904 |
| 182 | Yuen-Mei Chiu | Senior Accountant | $108,762 | $108,904 |
| 183 | Nancy Dasilva | Team Lead | $108,762 | $108,904 |
| 184 | Linda Holditch | Human Resources Business Advisor | $108,762 | $108,904 |
| 185 | Jason Mccann | Senior Communications Planner | $108,762 | $108,904 |
| 186 | James Mcelgunn | Senior Communications Advisor | $108,762 | $108,904 |
| 187 | Nick Nelson | New Media Producer | $108,762 | $108,904 |
| 188 | Dave S. Purewal | Senior Sector Policy Advisor | $108,762 | $108,904 |
| 189 | Alexei Sclear | Senior Business Analyst | $108,762 | $108,904 |
| 190 | Jason Tian | Senior Financial Analyst | $108,762 | $108,904 |
| 191 | Eunha Kim | Senior Policy Advisor | $108,762 | $108,881 |
| 192 | Dianne Briggs | Senior Workforce Planner | $108,738 | $108,878 |
| 193 | Ryan Tompkins | Senior Policy Advisor | $108,431 | $108,653 |
| 194 | Lora Field | Team Lead | $108,507 | $108,648 |
| 195 | Ryan Proctor | Senior Program Advisor | $108,312 | $108,551 |
| 196 | Martin Chan | Senior Lead, Business Planning and Finance/Business Strategy and Decision Support | $107,853 | $107,993 |
| 197 | Robert Gibson | Executive Director of Communications and Digital Operations | $107,707 | $107,847 |
| 198 | Michelle Bjork | Team Lead | $107,700 | $107,840 |
| 199 | Vandna Nayyar | Manager, Compliance Modernization and Innovation | $107,381 | $107,619 |
| 200 | Ezra Houser | Team Lead | $107,406 | $107,545 |
| 201 | Oxana Vinnitchouk | Senior Controllership Consultant | $107,380 | $107,520 |
| 202 | Qing Lin | Senior Program Advisor | $107,194 | $107,324 |
| 203 | Courtney Holmes | Manager, Strategic Human Resources Business Unit | $107,140 | $107,287 |
| 204 | Karim Javeri | Senior Program Lead | $107,054 | $107,205 |
| 205 | Shannon Mccarthy | Senior Economic Officer,Mexico City | $106,915 | $107,152 |
| 206 | Ayn Gl Regalado | Team Lead | $106,558 | $106,696 |
| 207 | Marika Swain | Senior Business Advisor | $106,453 | $106,453 |
| 208 | Deeple Vyas | Senior Project Lead, Evaluation | $106,274 | $106,412 |
| 209 | Dana El-Haddad | Senior Program Advisor | $106,003 | $106,084 |
| 210 | Xiaoying Wu | Senior Account Executive | $105,896 | $106,033 |
| 211 | Yasmin Addetia | Business Planning Consultant | $105,820 | $105,956 |
| 212 | Tania Cassin-Kendall | Senior Program Advisor | $105,710 | $105,944 |
| 213 | Magdalen Stiff | Manager, Communications Operations | $105,781 | $105,917 |
| 214 | James Boyden | Senior Policy Advisor | $105,772 | $105,909 |
| 215 | Rafael Vargas | Senior Export Advisor | $105,684 | $105,821 |
| 216 | Esteban Chang | Strategic Advisor | $105,684 | $105,821 |
| 217 | Nathan Hammill | Senior Policy Advisor | $105,365 | $105,502 |
| 218 | Stephen Donnelly | Communications Advisor/Planner | $105,235 | $105,373 |
| 219 | Rosanna Martino | Business Planning Consultant | $105,218 | $105,359 |
| 220 | Gregory Coelho | Team Lead | $105,192 | $105,329 |
| 221 | Ryan Mcmenamie | Marketing, Team Lead | $105,173 | $105,314 |
| 222 | Allyson Windham | Team Lead | $105,045 | $105,182 |
| 223 | Giovanni Gonzalez | Project Navigator | $104,643 | $104,874 |
| 224 | Janice Bodnarchuk | Policy Advisor | $103,973 | $104,109 |
| 225 | Mahinaz Shakeib | Senior Program Advisor | $103,904 | $104,039 |
| 226 | Shalini Devid | Senior Analyst | $103,703 | $103,838 |
| 227 | Eric Ciullo | Manager, Testing Strategy | $103,415 | $103,548 |
| 228 | Akhil Tyagi | Team Lead | $103,285 | $103,509 |
| 229 | Erik Girard | Senior Policy Advisor | $103,358 | $103,504 |
| 230 | Marta Lobko | Senior Consultant, Agency Relations | $103,008 | $103,232 |
| 231 | Stephen Bahnesli | Senior Account Executive | $103,034 | $103,168 |
| 232 | Bing Gao | Senior Export Advisor | $102,992 | $103,124 |
| 233 | Neil Trotter | Marketing Consultant | $102,967 | $103,101 |
| 234 | Tyler Hunt | Senior Policy Advisor | $102,943 | $103,076 |
| 235 | Bruno Helfinger | Senior Policy Advisor | $102,878 | $102,993 |
| 236 | Sonja Panday | Senior Economic Officer, Seoul | $102,875 | $102,875 |
| 237 | Monika Drozdz | Senior Policy Advisor | $102,690 | $102,824 |
| 238 | Sylvia Mills | Team Lead, United States of America | $102,697 | $102,795 |
| 239 | Karen Littlejohn | Senior Analyst | $102,413 | $102,638 |
| 240 | Stacey Kwan | Senior Policy Advisor | $102,438 | $102,571 |
| 241 | Regan Copeland | Senior Marketing Planner | $102,430 | $102,558 |
| 242 | Heather Ingram | Policy Coordinator | $102,076 | $102,209 |
| 243 | Alexander Bosika | Senior Account Executive | $101,825 | $102,051 |
| 244 | Christopher Begley | Senior Economic Officer, Munich | $101,679 | $101,679 |
| 245 | Karen Ho | Senior Planning Program Advisor | $101,064 | $101,283 |
| 246 | Tina Narang | Senior Analytics Advisor | $100,898 | $101,030 |
| 247 | Leroy Danclar | Senior Digital Communication Advisor | $100,796 | $101,013 |
| 248 | Shawkat Ferdousi | Senior Policy Advisor | $100,717 | $100,940 |
| 249 | Sudheendran Cheenikkal | Controller | $100,791 | $100,922 |
| 250 | Parastoo Hassaszadeh | Analyst | $100,507 | $100,730 |
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