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Aref Najafi

Manager, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Decarbonization at Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies). On Alberta’s compensation disclosure list 6 years between 2020 and 2025.

Salary disclosure2025
Aref Najafi
Manager, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Decarbonization
Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies)
Compensation
$164,142.40
Source: Government of Alberta, Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act. © Government of Alberta.
Change from 2024: +$5,856 (+3.7%)
6years on
the list

Among 78 people at Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies) in 2025

37th highest paid. Their median: $161,943.

Paid more than 31% of everyone on the 2025 compensation disclosure list, which only lists people paid $159,676 or more.

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Compensation by year

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YearCompensation
2020$145,750
2021$146,000
2022$154,403
2023$152,920
2024$158,287
2025$164,142

History

YearEmployer and jobCompensationIn 2025 dollarsChange
2025Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies)Manager, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Decarbonization$164,142$164,142+$5,856 (+3.7%)
2024Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies)Manager, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Decarbonization$158,287$161,379+$5,366 (+3.5%)
2023Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies)Manager, Carbon Capture, Utilization & Decarbonization$152,920$160,468−$1,483 (−1.0%)
2022Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies)Manager, Carbon Capture, Utilization & Decarbonization$154,403$167,327+$8,403 (+5.8%)
2021Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies)Manager, Carbon Capture, Utilization & Decarbonization$146,000$168,393+$250 (+0.2%)
2020Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies)Site Manager$145,750$173,449

In 2025 dollars: each year’s pay at 2025 prices, by Alberta’s consumer price index (Statistics Canada, table 18-10-0005-01).

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Questions and answers

Why is Aref Najafi on the compensation disclosure list?

Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies) paid Aref Najafi $164,142 in 2025. Alberta’s public employers must disclose everyone they paid $159,676 or more in a calendar year, under the Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act.

What is “compensation”?

The one pay figure Alberta publishes for each person for the calendar year, shown as published. Alberta does not publish taxable benefits separately, so none are shown. How the lists work

What do the comparisons mean?

Ranks and shares are among people on the same year’s list only: those with the same title, those at the same employer, or everyone listed. People paid under $159,676 are not on the list, so they are not counted.

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