OMERS Administration Corporation

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2008

The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 makes Ontario’s public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to make public, by March 31 each year, the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.

At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Ontario and earn over $100,000 per year, including total taxable benefits.

This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in OMERS Administration Corporation, including:

2008 Ontario Sunshine List: OMERS Administration Corporation Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, OMERS Administration Corporation's 115 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $25,038,178.71 in 2007.

At the top of the OMERS Administration Corporation Sunshine List

Topping the list for the OMERS Administration Corporation was President/Chief Executive Officer, OMERS PAUL HAGGIS, who brought home $2,240,007.70 in 2007.

Following PAUL HAGGIS was Senior Vice President, Investments PAUL PUGH, with annual earnings of $1,240,584.59. Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary SELMA LUSSENBURG made $950,358.43, Senior Vice President, Pensions JENNIFER BROWN made $559,374.83, and Vice President, Fixed Income/Derivative & Quantitative Investments KIRBY CONNOR round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $541,000.71 for the OMERS Administration Corporation 2008 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2007, 24 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 41 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 15 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 11 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 4 received between $250,001 and $300,000 , and 20 received over $300,000 at the OMERS Administration Corporation.

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2008 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2008 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2008 Employers List.