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Tom Whalen

Managing Director at Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies). On Alberta’s compensation disclosure list 3 years between 2023 and 2025.

Salary disclosure2025
Tom Whalen
Managing Director
Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies)
Compensation
$224,734.74
Source: Government of Alberta, Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act. © Government of Alberta.
Change from 2024: −$73,937 (−24.8%)
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Among 78 people at Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies) in 2025

10th highest paid. Their median: $161,943.

Paid more than 81% 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
2023$269,032
2024$298,672
2025$224,735

History

YearEmployer and jobCompensationIn 2025 dollarsChange
2025Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies)Managing Director$224,735$224,735−$73,937 (−24.8%)
2024Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies)Managing Director$298,672$304,507+$29,639 (+11.0%)
2023Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies)Managing Director$269,032$282,312

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 Tom Whalen on the compensation disclosure list?

Alberta Innovates (C-FER Technologies) paid Tom Whalen $224,735 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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Years are matched by name and employer. Salary paid can include overtime, retroactive pay and one-time payments. Figures are exactly as Alberta published them. How we match years · Report a mistake or ask for removal