Bio

Mr. Gross joined Stevenson & Company after a career with Akzo Nobel, a multi-national chemical corporation, and as an intermediary in European mergers and acquisitions. During his tenure as acquisition coordinator at Akzo Nobel headquarters in the Netherlands, 28 companies were acquired worldwide with a value of approximately $1.4 billion. After leaving Akzo Nobel, Eston was active as a consultant to several London investment banks and later as an intermediary in Amsterdam, affiliated with a firm that was part of a European merger and acquisition network specializing in cross-border transactions. Eston has worked extensively with clients in the chemical, coatings, pharmaceuticals, plastics, and food ingredients industries. He was also retained as a strategic planning advisor to a number of chemical and pharmaceutical companies in Central Europe, returning to the United States in late 1997. Eston has an M.S. in Industrial Administration from Carnegie-Mellon University, an M.S. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, and a B.S. in Chemistry with High Distinction from the University of Minnesota. He is a member of the Association for Corporate Growth, the University Club of Chicago, Midwest Business Brokers & Intermediaries (MBBI), and the Mergers International network, an affiliation of European and U.S. acquisition intermediaries.