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On the 2024 Sunshine List · 16 years

Chris Russel

Chief Information Security Officer · York University
Chief Information Security OfficerOntarioFirst listed 2009
2024 Total Compensation Paid
$225,397.02
▲ 57.5% since 2009

Chris Russel was paid $225,397.02 in total compensation as Chief Information Security Officer at York University in 2024, 125% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Chris Russel has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 16 times since 2009, earning $2.8M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $172,192.00 a year, up 58% over that span.

That is 32% above the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$225,397.02
Latest compensation
in 2024
$2.8M
Total compensation
across 16 years
$172,192.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+57.5%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

16 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$125K$152K$180K$208K$236K2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Chris Russel's total compensation has moved across 16 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $225,397.02
Lifetime total compensation$2.8M
Annual average$172,192.00
Total growth since 2009+57.5%
Biggest raise+14.5% (2024)
Biggest drop-6.3% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

16 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2024Latest★ Best
Chief Information Security Officer$225,397.02▲ 14.5%
2023
$196,892.97▼ 0.4%
2022
Chief Information Security Officer$197,768.80▼ 6.3%
2021
Chief Information Security Officer$211,087.19▲ 8.9%
2020
Chief Information Security Officer$193,905.64▼ 0.1%
2019
Chief Information Security Officer↑ role changed$194,030.07▲ 4.9%
2018
Director Information and Communication Technologies Infrastructure↑ role changed$184,965.48▲ 12.5%
2017
Director Information and Communication Technologies Infrastructure and Information Security Officer↑ role changed$164,444.90▲ 3.6%
2016
Director, Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure and Information Security Officer↑ role changed$158,657.15▲ 2.2%
2015
Director Information And Communication Technology Infrastructure And Information Security Officer↑ role changed$155,188.57▲ 1.6%
2014
Director Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure and Information Security Officer↑ role changed$152,710.96▲ 1.8%
2013
Director Information & Communication Technology Infrastructure & Information Security Officer↑ role changed$150,066.42▲ 3.6%
2012
Director, Information & Communication Technology Infrastructure↑ role changed$144,904.50▲ 2.0%
2011
Director Information & Communication Technology Infrastructure$142,004.20▲ 1.5%
2010
Director Information & Communication Technology Infrastructure↑ role changed$139,969.01▼ 2.2%
2009First
Director, Info. & Communication Technology Infrastructure$143,085.09
16 years total$2.8M total$172,192.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Chief Information Security Officer
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2024
Years on list
16

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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