Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

Also filed as Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (2003–2013), WSIB (2002), Workplace Safety & Insurance Brd (1997, 1999–2001), Workplace Safety and Ins. Board (1998) and 1 more.

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 2,010 employees earning $100K+

Crown Agencies

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

2,010

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$255.4M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$126,456

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$116,678

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Workplace Safety and Insurance Board in 2025?

Jeffery Lang, President and Chief Executive Officer / Présidence et chef(fe) de la direction, was paid $441,991 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 2,010 Workplace Safety and Insurance Board employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $116,678.

How has Workplace Safety and Insurance Board's Sunshine List changed?

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board listed 53 people in 1996 and 2,010 in 2025 — 38× as many; payroll on the list went from $6.3M to $255.4M, and the median salary moved from $114,644 to $116,678.

How many Workplace Safety and Insurance Board employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $114,644 in 1996 to $116,678 in 2025.$100K$105K$110K$115K$120K$125K199620022008201320192025
Median salary, 1996–2025. 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

#1Jeffery Lang
$441,991
President and Chief Executive Officer / Présidence et chef(fe) de la direction
#2Anna Filice
$419,604
Chief People Officer / Chef(fe) des ressources humaines
#3Gavin Pokan
$389,257
Chief Operating Officer / Chef(fe) de l’exploitation
#4Leif Malling
$382,890
Chief Strategy and Risk Officer / Chef(fe) de la stratégie et des risques
#5Andrea Mckinney
$381,606
Chief Technology Officer / Chef(fe) de la technologie
#6Janine Dyck
$381,132
Chief Service Excellence Officer / Chef(fe) de l’excellence du service
#7Philip Welford
$370,233
Chief of Staff / Chef(fe) de direction
#8Ligia Acevedo
$361,397
Vice President and Chief Actuary / Vice‑présidence et actuaire en chef
#9Bruce Smith
$358,552
Chief Risk and Governance Officer and Corporate Secretary / Chef(fe) des risques et de la gouvernance, et Secrétaire du conseil
#10Michael 'Mike' Johnston
$329,190
Vice President, Policy and Compliance / Vice‑présidence – Politiques et conformité
#11Stephen Nicol
$326,541
Associate General Counsel / Avocat(e) général(e) adjoint(e)
#12Aaron Thompson
$308,767
Head of Clinical Services and Chief Medical Officer / Direction – Services cliniques et médecin‑chef
#13Karen Bailey
$307,324
Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer / Vice‑présidence principale et chef(fe) des placements
#14Steven Ferrigni
$288,517
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer / Vice‑présidence et chef de la sécurité de l’information
#15Rodney Cook
$287,038
Vice President, Workplace Health and Safety Services / Vice‑présidence – Services de santé et sécurité au travail
#16Julie Thurlow
$282,981
Vice President, Specialized Claims and Recovery Services / Vice‑présidence – Services spécialisés en demandes et recouvrements
#17Wendy Mcconnochie
$278,813
Vice President, Labour Relations and Healthy Workplace / Vice‑présidence – Relations de travail et milieux de travail sains
#18Phillip Young
$277,136
Vice President, Real Estate and Facilities Management / Vice‑présidence, Gestion des biens immobiliers et des installations
#19Acrive Hoffman
$264,878
Director, Operations / Direction – Opérations
#20Eric Kupka
$262,959
Associate General Counsel / Avocat(e) général(e) adjoint(e)
#21Lee-Anne Black
$261,678
Vice President, Corporate Business Information and Analytics / Vice‑présidence – Information d’affaires et analytique organisationnelle
#22Craig Batten
$257,803
Vice President, Information Technology Application Management Services / Vice‑présidence – Services de gestion des applications Technologies de l’information
#23Robert Hannon
$257,274
Vice President, Financial Planning and Operations / Vice‑présidence – Planification financière et opérations
#24Darshi Gurusinghe
$254,400
Vice President, Employer Account Services / Vice‑présidence – Services aux comptes employeurs
#25Cathy Wright
$253,234
Vice President, Case Management / Vice‑présidence, Gestion des dossiers

See all 2,010 employees in 2025 →

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

Philip Chan at Workplace Safety And Insurance Board had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $124,024 to $233,096, up 87.9%.

Philip Chan+87.9%
Manager, Technical Actuarial Support / Gestionnaire – Soutien actuariel technologique
$124,024 → $233,096
Stephen Nicol+48.5%
Associate General Counsel / Avocat(e) général(e) adjoint(e)
$219,259 → $325,583
Ligia Acevedo+40.5%
Vice President and Chief Actuary / Vice‑présidence et actuaire en chef
$256,473 → $360,297
Acrive Hoffman+62.4%
Director, Operations / Direction – Opérations
$162,380 → $263,754
Anna Filice+21.7%
Chief People Officer / Chef(fe) des ressources humaines
$343,550 → $418,208

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.

203 people were new to Workplace Safety and Insurance Board's list in 2025; 818 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Workplace Safety and Insurance Board →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people