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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 10 years

Dean Kotwal

Vice President, Commercial Management – Payments Special Projects / Vice-président, gestion commerciale – paiements, projets spéciaux · Metrolinx
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$257,301.99
▲ 89.0% since 2015

Dean Kotwal was paid $257,301.99 in total compensation as Vice President, Commercial Management – Payments Special Projects / Vice-président, gestion commerciale – paiements, projets spéciaux at Metrolinx in 2025, 157% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Dean Kotwal has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 10 times since 2015, earning $1.8M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $180,563.00 a year, up 89% over that span.

That is 85% above the average disclosed pay of $138,712.41 across 4,713 listed Metrolinx employees.

$257,301.99
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.8M
Total compensation
across 10 years
$180,563.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+89.0%
Career growth
since 2015
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FIG. 01

10 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$114K$154K$195K$236K$276K2015201620172018201920202021202220242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Dean Kotwal's total compensation has moved across 10 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $261,325.26
Lifetime total compensation$1.8M
Annual average$180,563.00
Total growth since 2015+89.0%
Biggest raise+34.0% (2024)
Biggest drop-1.5% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

10 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Vice President, Commercial Management – Payments Special Projects / Vice-président, gestion commerciale – paiements, projets spéciaux$257,301.99▼ 1.5%
2024★ Best
Vice President, Commercial Management – Payments Special Projects / Vice-président, gestion commerciale – paiements, projets spéciaux↑ role changed$261,325.26▲ 34.0%
2022
Director, Legal Services / Directeur, Services juridiques↑ role changed$195,050.02▲ 7.7%
2021
Director, Legal Services/Directeur, Services juridiques↑ role changed$181,130.30▲ 6.0%
2020
Senior Legal Counsel – Partnerships/Avocat principal – Partenariats↑ role changed$170,799.65▲ 4.4%
2019
Senior Legal Counsel - Partnerships/Avocat principal � Partenariats↑ role changed$163,529.68▲ 5.2%
2018
Senior Legal Counsel/Avocat principal↑ role changed$155,406.05▲ 8.0%
2017
Legal Counsel/Avocat↑ role changed$143,910.13▲ 2.0%
2016
Legal Counsel↑ role changed$141,068.10▲ 3.6%
2015First
Legal Counsel II / Avocate-conseil II$136,112.60
10 years total$1.8M total$180,563.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Vice President, Commercial Management – Payments Special Projects / Vice-président, gestion commerciale – paiements, projets spéciaux
Employer
Metrolinx
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2015
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
10

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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