Invest Ottawa (2013)

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 23 employees earning $100K+

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At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

23

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$3.7M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$152,855

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$136,309

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Invest Ottawa (2013) in 2025?

Sonya Shorey, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $360,512 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 23 Invest Ottawa (2013) employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $136,309.

How has Invest Ottawa (2013)'s Sunshine List changed?

Invest Ottawa (2013) listed 3 people in 2014 and 23 in 2025 — 7.7× as many; payroll on the list went from $465K to $3.7M, and the median salary moved from $150,528 to $136,309.

How many Invest Ottawa (2013) employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 12 yearly values of median salary, from $150,528 in 2014 to $136,309 in 2025.$100K$120K$140K$160K$180K201420162018202120232025
Median salary, 2014–2025. 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
2025

#1Sonya Shorey
$360,512
President and Chief Executive Officer
#2Nicholas Quain
$263,018
Vice President, Venture Development
#3Shannon Montpellier
$248,667
Vice President, Finance
#4Jens-Michael Schaal
$243,715
Vice President, Global Expansion
#5Patrick Kenny
$176,310
Senior Director, Stakeholder Experience and Strategic Enablement
#6Lotte Wannet
$167,288
Senior Director, Corporate Performance Management, Information Technology and Systems
#7Susanne Cork
$166,612
Director, Business Development, Smart Farm and Advanced Robotics
#8Lindsey Fair
$163,588
Vice President, Marketing, Communications and Bayview Impact
#9Xiao Chen
$155,623
Director, Foreign Direct Investment and Global Runway Program
#10Adam Dewar
$151,524
Director, Business Development
#11Michelle Younes
$147,560
Director, Venture Programs
#12Julia Stewart
$144,287
Director, Finance
#13Andrea Holland
$142,455
Director, Venture Services
#14Khaled Mostafa
$140,779
Director, Information Technology, Systems and Security
#15David Rodas-Wright
$127,232
Senior Business Development Manager, Software
#16Rebecca Thompson
$125,089
Director, Business Delivery and Operations, Area X
#17Yoko Cooper
$123,777
Director, Human Resources
#18Marie Ainsworth
$123,615
Senior Program Manager, Venture
#19Paula Hopkins
$120,817
Director, Entrepreneurship
#20Lindsay Kavanagh
$115,230
Senior Manager, Digital Marketing
#21Megan Maltby
$109,049
Senior Manager, Accelerator Programs
#22Kirsten Sardelis
$107,724
Senior Manager, Foreign Direct Investment
#23Pavlo Serhiienko
$106,568
Senior Engineering Manager, Test and Validation

Download CSV (2025) →Released by the Government of Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. Compiled by SunshineList.

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Patrick Kenny at Invest Ottawa (2013) had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $141,672 to $166,421, up 17.5%.

Patrick Kenny+17.5%
Senior Director, Stakeholder Experience and Strategic Enablement
$141,672 → $166,421
Nicholas Quain+9.2%
Vice President, Venture Development
$227,841 → $248,861
Khaled Mostafa+11.4%
Director, Information Technology, Systems and Security
$119,366 → $132,981
Rebecca Thompson+11.4%
Director, Business Delivery and Operations, Area X
$106,086 → $118,203
Michelle Younes+7.1%
Director, Venture Programs
$130,172 → $139,419

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 Invest Ottawa (2013)'s list in 2025; <5 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

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