Public-Private Partnerships: Insights from the Canadian Model

Sean Deakin is the Surety Manager for Zurich's Canadian operations with oversight for Contract Surety. Prior to joining Zurich in 2007, he held a number of underwriting and management positions with another large Canadian surety. With over 17 years surety experience, Mr. Deakin has been an active participant in the Canadian P3 (public-private partnership) marketplace and was a member of the Surety Association of Canada team tasked with negotiating industry acceptable terms with Infrastructure Ontario, the agency mandated to oversee all P3 activity in the Province of Ontario.

Courtney Turnage Walker is an Assistant Vice President for Surety Product Underwriting for Zurich North America. She has been in the surety industry for over 20 years where she has been employed as a surety claims attorney, as outside counsel with a surety and fidelity specialty law firm, and as a risk manager for surety underwriting. Ms. Walker helped develop a P3 bond form for Zurich and has been involved in the risk analysis of several P3 projects. She is a member of the Louisiana and North Carolina Bar Associations, the American Bar Association and is active in the Fidelity and Surety Law Committee within the ABA.