People: Viasystems Group Inc (VIAS.O)

Mr. Jack D. Furst is Director of Viasystems Group, Inc. He was a director of the Company from 1996 to February 2003 and resumed his position as a director of the Company in February 2005. Mr. Furst is the founder of his own private investment firm, Oak Stream Investors, which he started in 2012. He has been affiliated with HM Capital Partners LLC (“HM Capital”), a private equity firm, since 1989, the year in which it was formed (as Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, Incorporated). Until 2008, he was a Partner in HM Capital and was in all aspects of the firm’s business, including originating, structuring and monitoring HM Capital’s investments. Mr. Furst has 25 years of experience in leveraged acquisitions and private investments. Prior to joining HM Capital, Mr. Furst served as a Vice President and subsequently a Partner of Hicks & Haas from 1987 to 1989. From 1984 to 1986, Mr. Furst was a merger and acquisitions/corporate finance specialist for The First Boston Corporation in New York. Before joining First Boston, Mr. Furst was a Financial Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.