Daniel Loschacoff joins as Head of Commercial Advisory Canada

Steer is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Loschacoff to Head of Commercial Advisory Canada.

Daniel has more than 20 years of experience in strategic and commercial planning for large infrastructure projects in Canada and abroad. Daniel’s expertise encompasses business case development and modeling, franchise and concession bidding and procurement, market development, partnering and stakeholder management.

Daniel has supported public authorities and private companies in global markets for commercial considerations in procurements and contracts. Daniel led the commercial review of technical requirements and contracts of the REM LRT project and developed the project implementation strategy for the California High Speed Rail project. He also has established hybrid funding solutions to maximize private efficiency and maintain low financing costs on the REM LRT and several other projects.

Daniel is well versed in public-private partnerships (P3s) and establishing new risk allocations between each party, new funding and financing instruments, and adapting procurement routes to speed up the process to mitigate failure risk. As a public employee, Daniel was responsible for the development of several ‘first-ofs’ in private delivery in transit. He introduced private ridership and revenue exposure in traditional P3 (availability based) projects, advancing acceptable transfer mechanisms in high speed rail, transit and roads. Daniel is a recognized global authority on transit programs, known for his strategic mindset in complex projects and programs, project leadership capabilities, industry insights, and ability to lead teams.

Prior to joining Steer, Daniel was a founder of the Netherlands Ministry of Finance Infrastructure team and led KPMG’s Global Rail Practice for 10 years.

At Steer, Daniel will lead the Canadian commercial advisory practice. In this role he will ensure consistency and quality, developing this offer to assist both public and private clients.

Ian Druce, Head of Canada at Steer said: “We are thrilled Daniel has joined our team. His broad experience across the transportation sector developing business cases, financial strategies and innovative project delivery methods will bring depth to our talented North American team.”