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On the 2022 Sunshine List · 7 years

Katherine Sparkes

Director Innovation Research and Development / Directeur de l’innovation, de la recherche et du développement · Independent Electricity System Operator
2022 Total Compensation Paid
$199,208.10
▲ 54.8% since 2015

Katherine Sparkes was paid $199,208.10 in total compensation as Director Innovation Research and Development / Directeur de l’innovation, de la recherche et du développement at Independent Electricity System Operator in 2022, 99% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Katherine Sparkes has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2015, earning $1.3M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $180,043.00 a year, up 55% over that span.

That is 24% above the average disclosed pay of $160,215.29 across 1,002 listed Independent Electricity System Operator employees.

$199,208.10
Latest compensation
in 2022
$1.3M
Total compensation
across 7 years
$180,043.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+54.8%
Career growth
since 2015
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$112K$142K$172K$201K$231K2015201620182019202020212022
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The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Katherine Sparkes's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2021 · $219,833.16
Lifetime total compensation$1.3M
Annual average$180,043.00
Total growth since 2015+54.8%
Biggest raise+29.4% (2016)
Biggest drop-9.4% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2022Latest
Director Innovation Research and Development / Directeur de l’innovation, de la recherche et du développement$199,208.10▼ 9.4%
2021★ Best
Director Innovation Research and Development / Directeur de l’innovation, de la recherche et du développement$219,833.16▲ 22.3%
2020
Director Innovation Research and Development / Directeur de l’innovation, de la recherche et du développement↑ role changed$179,676.65▼ 4.4%
2019
Director Conservation Performance / Directeur � Rendement en mati�re d��conomie d��nergie↑ role changed$187,927.82▲ 5.3%
2018
Director Energy Efficiency / Directeur – Efficacité énergétique↑ role changed$178,400.97▲ 7.1%
2016
Director, Conservation Performance / Directeur – Performance en matière d’économies d’énergie↑ role changed$166,532.94▲ 29.4%
2015First
Senior Manager, Program Delivery & Partner Services / Gestionnaire principal – Exécution des programmes et services offerts aux partenaires$128,724.41
7 years total$1.3M total$180,043.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Director Innovation Research and Development / Directeur de l’innovation, de la recherche et du développement
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2015
Latest disclosure
2022
Years on list
7

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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