Toronto International Film Festival

Also filed as Toronto International Film Festival Inc. (2015).

Ontario Sunshine List 2016 · 17 employees earning $100K+

Data ends in 2016. Toronto International Film Festival 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
2016

Employee Count

2016 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$2.7M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$157,394

2016 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$123,823

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Toronto International Film Festival in 2016?

Piers Handling, Director and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $352,653 in 2016 — the highest total compensation among 17 Toronto International Film Festival employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $123,823.

How has Toronto International Film Festival's Sunshine List changed?

Toronto International Film Festival listed 13 people in 2011 and 17 in 2016, up 31%; payroll on the list went from $2.1M to $2.7M, and the median salary moved from $151,500 to $123,823. It has not appeared under this name since 2016.

How many Toronto International Film Festival employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary, 2011–2016. 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
2016

Top employees at Toronto International Film Festival, 2016
#	Name	Position	Salary	Total
1	Piers Handling	Director and Chief Executive Officer	$352,260	$352,653
2	Michele Maheux	Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer	$284,280	$284,806
3	Douglas Allison	Chief Financial Officer	$270,600	$271,189
4	Cameron Bailey	Artistic Director and Chief Programming Officer	$197,054	$197,520
5	Maxine Bailey	Vice President, Advancement	$175,782	$176,182
6	Jody Sugrue	Director, Content and Creative	$144,696	$149,271
7	Jennifer Drome	Director, Finance and Administration	$125,000	$130,125
8	Laura Ryan	Director, Visitor Experience	$123,904	$127,806
9	Sean Barry	Director, Information Technology	$123,823	$127,748
10	David Carey	Director, Philanthropy, Government and Foundation Relations	$114,700	$119,399
11	Jesse Wente	Director, Film Programmes	$112,819	$117,449
12	Robert Gold	Director, Business and Legal Affairs	$112,479	$116,078
13	Aaron Campbell	Director, Film Office and Event Production	$111,786	$115,512
14	Theresa Scandiffio	Director, Adult Learning	$109,550	$114,014
15	Kathleen Drumm	Director, Industry	$113,685	$113,929
16	Diane Cappelletto	Director, Technical Production Services	$102,959	$107,134
17	David Vella	Director, Board and Executive Relations	$100,313	$105,381

#1Piers Handling

$352,653

Director and Chief Executive Officer

#2Michele Maheux

$284,806

Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer

#3Douglas Allison

$271,189

Chief Financial Officer

#4Cameron Bailey

$197,520

Artistic Director and Chief Programming Officer

#5Maxine Bailey

$176,182

Vice President, Advancement

#6Jody Sugrue

$149,271

Director, Content and Creative

#7Jennifer Drome

$130,125

Director, Finance and Administration

#8Laura Ryan

$127,806

Director, Visitor Experience

#9Sean Barry

$127,748

Director, Information Technology

#10David Carey

$119,399

Director, Philanthropy, Government and Foundation Relations

#11Jesse Wente

$117,449

Director, Film Programmes

#12Robert Gold

$116,078

Director, Business and Legal Affairs

#13Aaron Campbell

$115,512

Director, Film Office and Event Production

#14Theresa Scandiffio

$114,014

Director, Adult Learning

Director, Technical Production Services

#17David Vella

$105,381

Director, Board and Executive Relations

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Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2015 → 2016

No qualifying raises were computed for the 2016 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 Toronto International Film Festival's list in 2016; 8 who were on it in 2015 were not. See the full 2016 roster →

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