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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Avinash Persaud

Vice President, Hardware Catalyst Initiative and Semiconductor Initiatives · Venturelab Innovation Centre
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$162,940.90
▲ 25.9% since 2020

Avinash Persaud was paid $162,940.90 in total compensation as Vice President, Hardware Catalyst Initiative and Semiconductor Initiatives at Venturelab Innovation Centre in 2025, 63% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Avinash Persaud has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $884K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $147,365.00 a year, up 26% over that span.

That is 1% below the average disclosed pay of $164,709.11 across 12 listed Venturelab Innovation Centre employees.

$162,940.90
Latest compensation
in 2025
$884K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$147,365.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+25.9%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$123K$134K$146K$157K$168K202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Avinash Persaud's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2023 · $164,061.67
Lifetime total compensation$884K
Annual average$147,365.00
Total growth since 2020+25.9%
Biggest raise+22.3% (2023)
Biggest drop-3.2% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Vice President, Hardware Catalyst Initiative and Semiconductor Initiatives↑ role changed$162,940.90▲ 2.6%
2024
Vice President, Hardware Catalyst Initiative$158,780.66▼ 3.2%
2023★ Best
$164,061.67▲ 22.3%
2022
Vice President, Hardware Catalyst Initiative$134,199.16▼ 0.4%
2021
Vice President, Hardware Catalyst Initiative$134,774.12▲ 4.1%
2020First
Vice President, Hardware Catalyst Initiative$129,435.68
6 years total$884K total$147,365.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Vice President, Hardware Catalyst Initiative and Semiconductor Initiatives
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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