Ontario Sunshine List
Energy and Mines salaries (2025)
Energy and Mines disclosed 315 employees in the Ontario Sunshine List for 2025. Average disclosed compensation is $137,910, and the highest single disclosed figure is $412,911. This is salary disclosure for public-sector employees earning $100,000+ (threshold not inflation-adjusted). It is not a general wage survey.
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315
2025
Average
$137,910
disclosed compensation
Highest
$412,911
single record
Top earners at Energy and Mines (2025)
| # | Name | Job title | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virve Susanna Laaksonen-Craig | Deputy Minister | $412,911 |
| 2 | Shawn Batise | Deputy Minister | $356,668 |
| 3 | Karen Moore | Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Network and Agency Policy | $329,422 |
| 4 | Steen Hume | Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Supply Policy | $318,542 |
| 5 | Kelly Brown | Assistant Deputy Minister, Distribution, Conservation and Innovation Policy | $314,517 |
| 6 | Afsana Qureshi | Assistant Deputy Minister, Mines and Minerals Regulation | $303,614 |
| 7 | Ken Nakahara | Assistant Deputy Minister, Mining Policy and Sector Development | $294,531 |
| 8 | Michael Smith | Director, Broadband Expansion and Connection Branch | $249,571 |
| 9 | Sharmila Pathmanathan | Assistant Deputy Minister, Mining Policy and Sector Development | $243,231 |
| 10 | Timothy Christie | Director, Electricity Policy, Economics and System Planning | $241,973 |
| 11 | John Whytock | Director, Communications | $238,548 |
| 12 | Adrian Nalasco | Director, Nuclear | $236,052 |
| 13 | Shruti Talwar | Director, Strategic Policy and Analytics | $233,043 |
| 14 | Carol Smith | Director, Information and Lands Branch | $228,122 |
| 15 | Tasneem Essaji | Director, Distribution and Consumer Assistance Policy | $227,077 |
| 16 | Teri Mcdonald | Director – Indigenous Consultation and Partnerships Branch | $223,124 |
| 17 | Christopher Goode | Director, Policy Coordination and Sector Outreach | $222,708 |
| 18 | Krista Adams | Director, Distributed Energy Resources and Modernization Policy | $221,513 |
| 19 | Samir Adkar | Director, Energy Networks and Indigenous Policy | $221,127 |
| 20 | Usman Syed | Director, Energy Efficiency Policy and Programs | $216,969 |
| 21 | Trina Rawn | Director, Mineral Development | $213,055 |
| 22 | Salvatore Colalillo | Director, Streamling, Standards and Innovation Policy | $212,842 |
| 23 | Matthew Hiraishi | Chief of Staff | $207,241 |
| 24 | John Hechler | Director, Ontario Geological Survey | $206,311 |
| 25 | Richard Cayley | Director, Integrated Energy Supply Policy and Economics | $200,919 |
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Source
Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure (Sunshine List) - Government of Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure
Coverage: 1996 to 2025
Methodology and limits
Ontario discloses employees paid $100,000 or more by public-sector organizations. Open Compensation normalizes these records for search by name, employer, position, sector, year, salary, and taxable benefits.
Fields indexed: name, job title, employer, sector, year, salary, taxable benefits
The $100,000 threshold is not inflation-adjusted. Records reflect gross compensation disclosed by source agencies.