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On the 2022 Sunshine List · 12 years

Russell Riddell

Director, Strategic Planning and Transformation Branch · Education
2022 Total Compensation Paid
$163,226.50
▲ 19.9% since 2009

Russell Riddell was paid $163,226.50 in total compensation as Director, Strategic Planning and Transformation Branch at Education in 2022, 63% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Russell Riddell has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 12 times since 2009, earning $1.9M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $155,220.00 a year, up 20% over that span.

That is 23% above the average disclosed pay of $132,925.92 across 756 listed Education employees.

$163,226.50
Latest compensation
in 2022
$1.9M
Total compensation
across 12 years
$155,220.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+19.9%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

12 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$128K$143K$157K$171K$186K200920102012201320142015201620182019202020212022
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Russell Riddell's total compensation has moved across 12 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2021 · $180,488.73
Lifetime total compensation$1.9M
Annual average$155,220.00
Total growth since 2009+19.9%
Biggest raise+9.2% (2015)
Biggest drop-9.6% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

12 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2022Latest
Director, Strategic Planning and Transformation Branch$163,226.50▼ 9.6%
2021★ Best
Director, Strategic Planning and Transformation Branch$180,488.73▲ 4.0%
2020
Director, Strategic Planning and Transformation Branch$173,597.29▲ 2.0%
2019
Director, Strategic Planning and Transformation Branch$170,223.61▲ 3.1%
2018
Director, Strategic Planning and Transformation Branch↑ role changed$165,127.09▲ 7.1%
2016
Director, Strategic Transformation / Directeur, initiatives stratégiques de renouvellement$154,143.68▼ 2.5%
2015
Director, Strategic Transformation / Directeur, initiatives stratégiques de renouvellement$158,023.50▲ 9.2%
2014
Director, Strategic Transformation / Directeur, initiatives stratégiques de renouvellement↑ role changed$144,671.24▲ 3.6%
2013
Director, Strategic Transformation$139,605.88▲ 0.0%
2012
Director, Strategic Transformation↑ role changed$139,586.00▲ 1.3%
2010
Director, Corporate Coordination Office$137,760.34▲ 1.2%
2009First
Director, Corporate Coordination Office$136,182.79
12 years total$1.9M total$155,220.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Director, Strategic Planning and Transformation Branch
Employer
Education
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2022
Years on list
12

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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