Management Team

Dieter Obstoj serves as a Managing Director for 1stWEST Mergers & Acquisitions.  He brings over 30 years of corporate level senior management experience in the specialty chemicals and automotive industries.  Dieter has strong operational, financial and M&A transactional skills.  His extensive operational experience includes running a German company for 29 years, responsibilities for companies in both Central and Eastern Europe, the start-up of several companies, and the acquisition and sale of multiple companies in Europe.

Dieter has a strong public and private company leadership background that includes President of four companies and Board member for Integral Hydraulik (Automotive Group), President Diversey GmbH, and Regional Vice President for Diversey Central and Eastern Europe.  He had responsibilities for companies in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium and start- up companies in Poland, Slovenia, Hungary and Czechoslovakia.  He was also an Advisor to the Board of a Canadian company responsible for a major European restructuring program.

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Dieter will play a critical role in our European expansion of 1stWEST Mergers & Acquisitions.  He has a Bachelor of Economics Degree from the University of Nuernberg and participated in the Senior Executive Program at Stanford University. 

E-mail: d.obstoj@1stwest.com | Tel: +486174931845

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