Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Sunshine List 2024
335 employees earning $100K+ · median $124,135 · average $128,493 · overview and trend →
Who makes the most at Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade in 2024?
Stephen Rhodes, Deputy Minister, was paid $377,967 in 2024 — the highest total compensation among 335 Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $124,135.
All Employees · 335 in 2024 · page 1 of 2
| # | Name | Title as filed | Salary | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Rhodes | Deputy Minister | $342,636 | $377,967 |
| 2 | David Paterson | Special Advisor, Agent General | $364,901 | $364,901 |
| 3 | Jean Paul Cadeau | Deputy Minister | $320,994 | $323,352 |
| 4 | David Barnes | Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Industries | $249,527 | $249,808 |
| 5 | Jennifer Wismer | Chief Administrative Officer/Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate and Policy Services Division | $215,598 | $215,834 |
| 6 | Clara Chan | Assistant Deputy Minister, Small Business and Program Delivery | $206,533 | $206,765 |
| 7 | Sophia Arvanitis | Special Advisor, Agent General | $202,803 | $202,803 |
| 8 | Rachel Simeon | Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation and Economic Partnership | $191,530 | $191,772 |
| 9 | Nelson Janicas | Director, Service Management and Facilities | $189,291 | $189,528 |
| 10 | Richard Kikuta | Director, Economic Research and Analytics | $189,291 | $189,528 |
| 11 | George Cadete | Director, Scale-up Services | $187,252 | $187,486 |
| 12 | Thomas Bedford | Director,Strategic Project’s Office | $186,430 | $186,649 |
| 13 | Hugo Cameron | Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade and International Engagement | $185,387 | $185,619 |
| 14 | Andrew Guy | Director, Advanced Technologies | $180,814 | $181,040 |
| 15 | Earl Provost | Special Advisor, Agent General | $180,780 | $180,994 |
| 16 | Jagjit Singh Badwal | Special Advisor, Agent General | $180,780 | $180,780 |
| 17 | Leigh Davison | Director, Funding Administration | $175,556 | $175,763 |
| 18 | Matthew Gordon | Director, Sector Strategy | $173,447 | $173,652 |
| 19 | Jack Maguire | Director, Small Business | $168,577 | $168,788 |
| 20 | Annette Azzopardi | Director, Strategic Human Resources | $168,580 | $168,778 |
| 21 | Heather Potter | Chief of Staff | $168,192 | $168,410 |
| 22 | Costanzo Fasciano | Director, Communications | $167,029 | $167,238 |
| 23 | Carolyn Doering | Director, Innovation Strategies and Programs | $166,314 | $166,522 |
| 24 | Aaron Pinto | Senior Economic Officer, New York | $166,279 | $166,279 |
| 25 | Carrie Manchuk | Lead, Site Planning and Coordination | $160,346 | $160,545 |
| 26 | Derek Burgess | Lead, Project Delivery | $159,408 | $159,606 |
| 27 | Lynne Groulx | Director, Business Advisory Services | $158,415 | $158,593 |
| 28 | Emmanuel Gunaratnam | Manager, Marketing | $157,660 | $157,843 |
| 29 | Pamela Kanter | Senior Economic Officer, Paris | $157,361 | $157,554 |
| 30 | Camille Jones | Director, Advanced Manufacturing | $154,531 | $154,725 |
| 31 | Jason Insu Park | Senior Economic Officer, Seoul | $154,331 | $154,331 |
| 32 | Rita Byvelds | Manager, Strategic Partnerships | $154,098 | $154,275 |
| 33 | Claude Myre | Manager, Innovation and Communications Technology | $152,121 | $152,304 |
| 34 | Catherine Pulsinelli | Director, Trade Policy | $151,999 | $152,178 |
| 35 | Stephen Chiang | Assistant Director Strategic Communications Ministry Red Tape Reduction | $150,189 | $150,363 |
| 36 | Trevor Anderson | Director, Business Planning and Finance | $149,508 | $149,694 |
| 37 | Amanda Wouters | Director, Regional Economic Development | $149,380 | $149,568 |
| 38 | Huy Thai | Manager, Stakeholder Support | $148,216 | $148,375 |
| 39 | Stephen Hon | Manager, Program Operations | $147,482 | $147,664 |
| 40 | Christian Howes | Senior Economic Officer, Tokyo | $147,453 | $147,453 |
| 41 | Vitaly Paroshyn | Director, Trade Programs | $146,738 | $146,937 |
| 42 | Stephen Kobryn | Team Lead | $146,264 | $146,440 |
| 43 | Maureen Hall | Director Marketing and Stakeholder Engagement | $146,121 | $146,308 |
| 44 | Katherine Tangorra | Manager, Missions | $146,059 | $146,240 |
| 45 | Sumon Mukherjee | Director, Economic Research and Analytics | $145,781 | $145,961 |
| 46 | Latham French | Senior Economic Officer, London | $144,841 | $144,841 |
| 47 | Harald Feldhoff | Manager, Production Industries | $143,429 | $143,612 |
| 48 | Julia Gallo | Manager, Small Business Strategy Development | $143,335 | $143,517 |
| 49 | Asokan Sadasivan | Controller | $143,227 | $143,410 |
| 50 | Carla Tsambourlianos | Manager, International Markets (Asia, Middle-East and Africa) | $143,197 | $143,380 |
| 51 | Robert Crabtree | Manager, Scale-Up Programs | $143,033 | $143,215 |
| 52 | Samantha Kemp-Welch | Manager, Investment Strategies | $142,467 | $142,650 |
| 53 | Wendy Bryan | Manager, Digital Communications | $142,036 | $142,217 |
| 54 | Marcel Parent | Manager, Regional Innovation Centres | $140,082 | $140,265 |
| 55 | David Peng | Senior Program Advisor | $139,198 | $139,357 |
| 56 | Joseph Van Overberghe | Manager, Navigation Supports | $138,954 | $139,135 |
| 57 | Jose Humberto Abad Puelles | Senior Economic Officer, Mexico City | $138,729 | $138,729 |
| 58 | Natasha Louis | Senior Program Advisor | $138,171 | $138,332 |
| 59 | Erin Thompson | Manager, Corporate Policy Coordination | $138,088 | $138,264 |
| 60 | Qin Liu | Senior Program Advisor | $137,832 | $137,993 |
| 61 | Yana Soroka | Manager, Business Relief | $137,787 | $137,952 |
| 62 | Tiffany Mah | Director, Policy Planning and Strategy | $137,338 | $137,528 |
| 63 | Michelle Bjork | Team Lead | $137,296 | $137,456 |
| 64 | Darius Basarab | Manager, Financial Technology and Business Services | $137,053 | $137,220 |
| 65 | Melanie Fernandes | Project Manager, International Engagement | $136,955 | $137,133 |
| 66 | Leah Beirnes | Manager, Strategic Human Resources Advisory | $136,721 | $136,891 |
| 67 | Gregory Hunter | Senior Account Executive | $136,644 | $136,805 |
| 68 | Christine Strohschein | Manager, Facilities and Records Management | $136,516 | $136,690 |
| 69 | Peter Liber | Senior Account Executive | $136,296 | $136,457 |
| 70 | Karen Ho | Senior Policy Advisor | $135,852 | $136,123 |
| 71 | Navjeet Nahal | Manager, Organizational Development | $135,780 | $135,948 |
| 72 | Tyler Middlebrook | Manager, Innovation Growth and Capital | $135,746 | $135,919 |
| 73 | Scott Mckinnon | Manager, Sector Strategies | $135,477 | $135,641 |
| 74 | Karen Paquin | Manager, Analytics, Tools and Business Intelligence | $135,016 | $135,192 |
| 75 | Xiaoying Wu | Manager, Production Industries | $134,981 | $135,146 |
| 76 | Daniel Burns | Team Lead | $134,715 | $134,872 |
| 77 | Giampiero Ressi | Manager, Emergency Management | $134,584 | $134,756 |
| 78 | Emma Cochrane | Senior Account Executive | $134,473 | $134,632 |
| 79 | Ayn Regalado | Manager, Data Analytics and electronic Client Relationship Management system | $133,954 | $134,120 |
| 80 | Esteban Chang | Senior Program Advisor | $133,605 | $133,766 |
| 81 | Aaron Chan | Senior Program Advisor | $133,348 | $133,509 |
| 82 | Erik Girard | Senior Policy Advisor | $133,200 | $133,361 |
| 83 | Shuqin Su | Team Lead | $133,183 | $133,343 |
| 84 | Christy Taglieri | Senior Policy Advisor | $133,168 | $133,329 |
| 85 | Brian Ritchie | Team Lead | $133,147 | $133,308 |
| 86 | Sharon Chu | Senior Policy and Issues Advisor | $133,143 | $133,302 |
| 87 | Preet Jaswal | Senior Policy Advisor | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 88 | Deena Padamadan | Senior Program Advisor | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 89 | Jasmit Arora | Team Lead | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 90 | Jocelyn Bacchus | Manager, Small Business Strategy Development | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 91 | Robert Bult | Senior Policy Advisor | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 92 | Matthew Chu | Team Lead | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 93 | Deborah Clark | Senior Account Executive | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 94 | Diane De Melo | Senior Program Advisor | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 95 | Ruth Dorenfeld | Senior Policy Advisor | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 96 | Luke Gartner | Senior Program Advisor | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 97 | Paul Haynes | Senior Program Advisor | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 98 | Huan He | Senior Program Advisor | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 99 | Laurie-Ann Hossein | Team Lead | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 100 | Joseph Kurian | Senior Account Executive | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 101 | Irfan Mandozai | Senior Policy Advisor | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 102 | Dmitri Prokopiev | Senior Policy Advisor | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 103 | Patrick Somers | Team Lead | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 104 | Stan Tsang | Senior Policy Advisor | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 105 | Nicholas Wedgwood | Team Lead | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 106 | Catherine Shepherd | Senior Policy Advisor | $133,094 | $133,255 |
| 107 | Elaine Lai | Senior Program Advisor | $132,950 | $133,111 |
| 108 | Mansoor Wani | Senior Program Advisor | $132,823 | $132,984 |
| 109 | James Boyden | Senior Policy Advisor | $132,821 | $132,982 |
| 110 | Jonathan Gomes | Senior Policy Advisor | $132,802 | $132,962 |
| 111 | Kirby Dier | Manager, Project Sites | $132,750 | $132,915 |
| 112 | Diane Yee | Project Navigator | $132,735 | $132,895 |
| 113 | David Primack | Team Lead | $132,669 | $132,829 |
| 114 | Philipp Georg Kornitzky | Lead, International Programs | $132,377 | $132,632 |
| 115 | Matthew Mahoney | Manager, Innovation Strategies | $132,144 | $132,420 |
| 116 | Anisha Janice Khamis-Di Renzo | Manager, Scale-Up Programs | $132,246 | $132,415 |
| 117 | Tamer Douara | Manager, Assessment and Contracts | $132,184 | $132,353 |
| 118 | Robert Ogilvie | Senior Policy Advisor | $131,918 | $132,078 |
| 119 | Matthew Regan | Manager, Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Competitiveness Implementation | $131,591 | $131,759 |
| 120 | Rajiv Prasad | Director, International Representation | $131,089 | $131,256 |
| 121 | Michael Hudy | Senior Program Advisor | $131,030 | $131,179 |
| 122 | Aaron Hoffe | Senior Program Advisor | $130,564 | $130,725 |
| 123 | Steven Karpenko | Team Lead | $130,246 | $130,404 |
| 124 | Sylvia Mills | Lead, International Programs | $130,005 | $130,162 |
| 125 | Beatriz Volpintesta | Manager, Ontario Investment and Trade Center Operation | $129,891 | $130,024 |
| 126 | Marta Michniewicz | Manager, Stakeholder Engagement | $129,727 | $129,893 |
| 127 | Daniel Iadipaolo | Manager, Site Selection | $129,085 | $129,250 |
| 128 | Rubaba Ismayilova | Senior Account Executive | $128,819 | $128,975 |
| 129 | Ashley Fung | Manager, Trade Agreements and Disputes | $128,733 | $128,897 |
| 130 | Alexander Bosika | Team Lead | $128,176 | $128,334 |
| 131 | Chelsea Peet | Senior Economic Officer, San Francisco | $128,126 | $128,318 |
| 132 | Amanda Lee | Senior Sector Policy Advisor | $128,143 | $128,298 |
| 133 | Yasmin Addetia | Executive Assistant | $127,968 | $128,127 |
| 134 | Christian Pineda | Senior Policy Advisor | $127,787 | $127,941 |
| 135 | Judith Anne Ponte | Manager, Strategy and Operations | $127,373 | $127,536 |
| 136 | Sudheendran Cheenikkal | Senior Lead, Controllership Accounting and Reporting | $126,886 | $127,040 |
| 137 | Kelly Mcconnell | Executive Assistant | $126,765 | $126,928 |
| 138 | Ed Kung | Senior Policy Advisor | $126,754 | $126,906 |
| 139 | Timothy Sim | Team Lead | $126,538 | $126,691 |
| 140 | Cailin Olafson | Manager, Operational Design and Improvement | $126,480 | $126,642 |
| 141 | Louis Bitonti | Special Advisor | $126,371 | $126,526 |
| 142 | Nathan Hammill | Manager Strategic Economic Policy | $126,326 | $126,490 |
| 143 | Leslie Tanaka | Senior Policy Advisor | $125,862 | $126,121 |
| 144 | Wenbo Pan | Team Lead | $125,712 | $125,962 |
| 145 | Devin Brazier | Lead, Business Planning | $125,676 | $125,827 |
| 146 | Shawkat Ferdousi | Policy Advisor | $125,456 | $125,714 |
| 147 | Trevor Snyder | Senior Policy Advisor | $125,539 | $125,691 |
| 148 | Bing Gao | Senior Export Advisor | $125,464 | $125,616 |
| 149 | Amanda Mchugh | Senior Policy and Program Advisor | $125,456 | $125,607 |
| 150 | Shalini Devid | Senior Analyst | $125,453 | $125,605 |
| 151 | Alykhan Surani | Senior Policy Advisor | $125,406 | $125,557 |
| 152 | Louise Dowie | Senior Policy Advisor | $125,401 | $125,553 |
| 153 | Rafael Vargas | Senior Export Advisor | $125,365 | $125,516 |
| 154 | Yuen-Mei Chiu | Senior Accountant | $125,365 | $125,516 |
| 155 | Luz Felipe-Sharp | Senior Policy Advisor | $125,365 | $125,516 |
| 156 | Jason Dennis Mccann | Senior Communications Planner | $125,365 | $125,516 |
| 157 | Dave Purewal | Senior Sector Policy Advisor | $125,365 | $125,516 |
| 158 | Alexei Sclear | Senior Business Analyst | $125,365 | $125,516 |
| 159 | Jason Tian | Senior Financial Analyst | $125,365 | $125,516 |
| 160 | Oxana Vinnitchouk | Senior Controllership Consultant | $125,365 | $125,516 |
| 161 | Christopher Antonik | Senior Policy Advisor | $125,360 | $125,512 |
| 162 | Nancy Dasilva | Team Lead | $125,348 | $125,500 |
| 163 | Ja Young Ku | Senior Trade Analytics Specialist | $125,263 | $125,415 |
| 164 | Leah Mulholland | Director of Issues and Legislative Affairs | $125,243 | $125,407 |
| 165 | Michael Mathiu | Manager, Life Sciences | $125,174 | $125,334 |
| 166 | Nuri Kim | Director of Policy | $124,572 | $124,734 |
| 167 | Joseph Power | Business Continuity and Security Coordinator | $124,543 | $124,694 |
| 168 | Allyson Windham | Manager, Indigenous Relations | $124,135 | $124,296 |
| 169 | Farjana Hashim | Team Lead | $124,110 | $124,263 |
| 170 | Sherifat Dosunmu | Senior Account Executive | $124,088 | $124,088 |
| 171 | Cheryl Donais | Team Lead | $123,286 | $123,559 |
| 172 | Robert Convery | Project Lead | $123,367 | $123,517 |
| 173 | Ernst Lueger | Senior Economic Officer, Munich | $123,246 | $123,246 |
| 174 | Damian Dupuy | Manager, Strategy Coordination | $123,009 | $123,142 |
| 175 | John Lebeau | Senior Program Advisor | $122,643 | $122,792 |
| 176 | Paula Cavan | Senior Program Advisor | $122,453 | $122,601 |
| 177 | Nicolae Petrescu | Manager, Automotive | $122,256 | $122,412 |
| 178 | Vyana Mcintyre | Senior Policy Advisor | $122,184 | $122,184 |
| 179 | Jeffrey Doolan | Team Lead | $121,622 | $121,770 |
| 180 | James Mcelgunn | Senior Communications Advisor | $121,603 | $121,753 |
| 181 | Michal Matyjewicz | Team Lead | $121,009 | $121,166 |
| 182 | Karim Javeri | Lead, Program Development | $120,970 | $121,127 |
| 183 | David Pal | Manager, Trade Engagement | $120,321 | $120,470 |
| 184 | Nicholas Buncic | Senior Account Executive | $120,286 | $120,443 |
| 185 | Nicholas Furneaux | Senior Export Advisor | $120,054 | $120,294 |
| 186 | Ben Willoughby | Manager, Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing | $119,915 | $120,068 |
| 187 | Stephen Bahnesli | Senior Account Executive | $119,794 | $119,950 |
| 188 | Sarah Margles | Policy Coordinator | $119,783 | $119,935 |
| 189 | Keith Jarvie | Senior Account Executive | $119,728 | $119,872 |
| 190 | Monica Gunaratnam | Program Lead | $119,665 | $119,807 |
| 191 | Deeple Vyas | Manager, Business Planning | $119,475 | $119,631 |
| 192 | Andrea Salvati | Strategic Lead | $119,284 | $119,430 |
| 193 | Vanessa De Matteis | Senior Communications Advisor and Press Secretary | $118,882 | $118,969 |
| 194 | Said Karfa | Team Lead | $118,316 | $118,514 |
| 195 | Stephen Ip | Senior International Market Consultant | $118,347 | $118,347 |
| 196 | Connor Houston | Geographic Information System Specialist | $117,954 | $118,097 |
| 197 | Laila Khalil | Senior Policy and Issues Advisor | $118,030 | $118,030 |
| 198 | Lydia Voyatzis | Senior Policy Advisor | $117,885 | $118,027 |
| 199 | Miran Ternamian | Senior Policy Advisor | $117,882 | $118,024 |
| 200 | Brandon Boeswald | Executive Assistant | $117,679 | $117,829 |
| 201 | Hazem Madarati | Senior Program Advisor | $117,746 | $117,826 |
| 202 | Isabelle Speerin | Senior Policy Advisor | $117,553 | $117,796 |
| 203 | Michael Perkins | Senior Policy Advisor | $117,582 | $117,724 |
| 204 | Mary Clarke | Senior Planning Program Advisor | $117,435 | $117,675 |
| 205 | Karen Littlejohn | Senior Analyst | $117,238 | $117,477 |
| 206 | Parastoo Hassaszadeh | Analyst | $117,108 | $117,347 |
| 207 | Christal Huang | Senior Program Advisor | $117,037 | $117,088 |
| 208 | Musfiq Islam | Senior Account Executive | $116,684 | $116,825 |
| 209 | Marek Karwowski | Team Lead | $116,333 | $116,578 |
| 210 | Jasmine Gill | Manager, Strategic Communications | $115,955 | $116,103 |
| 211 | Corie Mcdougall | Assistant Deputy Minister, Trade and International Engagement | $115,809 | $115,942 |
| 212 | Marta Lobko | Manager, Investment Relations | $115,563 | $115,711 |
| 213 | Terence Chan | Team Lead | $115,563 | $115,702 |
| 214 | Melissa Judson | Senior Business Advisor | $115,038 | $115,271 |
| 215 | Clara Robinson | Senior Policy Advisor | $114,702 | $114,934 |
| 216 | Leroy Danclar | Senior Digital Communication Advisor | $114,767 | $114,905 |
| 217 | Kelly Murray | Senior Business Consultant | $114,622 | $114,861 |
| 218 | Demuth Flake | Senior User Experience Developer | $114,825 | $114,825 |
| 219 | Brian Macdonald | Senior Business Advisor | $114,090 | $114,322 |
| 220 | Susan Fournier | Senior Business Advisor | $114,086 | $114,319 |
| 221 | David Aldersey | Senior Business Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 222 | Adrian Bradford | Senior Sector Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 223 | Amy Britten | Senior Business Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 224 | Wei Cao | Senior International Market Consultant | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 225 | Pui Chai-Stundzia | Senior Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 226 | Yimin Cheng | Senior International Market Consultant | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 227 | Patricia Cosgrove | Senior International Market Consultant | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 228 | Jose Costa | Senior Business Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 229 | Nancy Creighton | Senior Business Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 230 | Joeanna De Marco-Bolce | Senior Business Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 231 | Jamie Doyle | Business Consultant, eService | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 232 | William Elms | Senior Sector Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 233 | John Alan Kent Fitzhugh | Senior Business Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 234 | Helen Hillman | Senior Business Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 235 | Peter Jones | Senior Business Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 236 | Denis Lapierre | Senior Business Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 237 | Dennis Lee | Senior Sector Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 238 | Steven Matheson | Senior Business Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 239 | Roger Pan | Senior Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 240 | Maria Patlan | Senior International Market Consultant | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 241 | Fang Qi | Senior International Market Consultant | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 242 | Eyad Qudsi | Senior International Market Consultant | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 243 | Fawzia Sheikh | Senior International Market Consultant | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 244 | Vernier Tao | Senior Business Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 245 | Robert Whitfield | Senior Business Advisor | $114,050 | $114,282 |
| 246 | Mary Balfour | Senior Business Advisor | $113,998 | $114,230 |
| 247 | Neville Britto | Senior Sector Advisor | $113,953 | $114,186 |
| 248 | James Thomas | Senior Business Advisor | $113,946 | $114,179 |
| 249 | Marika Swain | Senior Business Advisor | $113,830 | $114,063 |
| 250 | Mauricio Ospina | Senior International Market Consultant | $113,634 | $113,867 |