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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 5 years

Xiao Chen

Director, Foreign Direct Investment and Global Runway Program · Invest Ottawa (2013)
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$155,622.86
▲ 21.4% since 2020

Xiao Chen was paid $155,622.86 in total compensation as Director, Foreign Direct Investment and Global Runway Program at Invest Ottawa (2013) in 2025, 56% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Xiao Chen has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2020, earning $745K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $149,055.00 a year, up 21% over that span.

That is 2% above the average disclosed pay of $152,855.04 across 23 listed Invest Ottawa (2013) employees.

$155,622.86
Latest compensation
in 2025
$745K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$149,055.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+21.4%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$122K$133K$143K$154K$164K20202022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Xiao Chen's total compensation has moved across 5 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2023 · $160,461.93
Lifetime total compensation$745K
Annual average$149,055.00
Total growth since 2020+21.4%
Biggest raise+14.9% (2022)
Biggest drop-4.2% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Director, Foreign Direct Investment and Global Runway Program$155,622.86▲ 1.2%
2024
Director, Foreign Direct Investment and Global Runway Program$153,800.10▼ 4.2%
2023★ Best
$160,461.93▲ 9.0%
2022
Market Director, Asia$147,224.88▲ 14.9%
2020First
Market Director, Asia$128,164.16
5 years total$745K total$149,055.00 avg
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The record

Source data and how to request a correction.

Employee details

Position
Director, Foreign Direct Investment and Global Runway Program
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
5

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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