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AST International announces the appointment of an advisory board

Dr. Thomas Wuensche and Sebastian Bihari assuming advisory board positions to support AST’s ambitious growth.

12 November 2020

AST International announces the appointment of an advisory board

Dr. Thomas Wuensche and Sebastian Bihari assuming advisory board positions to support AST’s ambitious growth.

Calw, 12 November 2020 – Effective from 02 November 2020, AST (Advanced Sensor Technologies) International (the “Company”), a portfolio company of Blantyre Capital Limited (“Blantyre”), has appointed an advisory board to support the growth strategy of the Company led by its CEO and Managing Director Johannes Prosteder. The advisory board members will be Dr. Thomas Wuensche, Sebastian Bihari and Johann Scheid.

Dr. Thomas Wuensche has been working in the automotive industry for over 25 years, serving as CEO for Chassis Brakes International up to 2020 and being now an Executive Advisor to Hitachi Automotive Systems. Prior to that, he was Managing Director and CEO of Benteler Deutschland GmbH and Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH and before that, he was CEO of Exhaust Technology at Esslingen’s automotive supplier Eberspaecher. Dr. Thomas Wuensche started his career with Muhr und Bender in Germany after having obtained a diploma of engineering at the University of Aachen. He holds a PhD in engineering from the Montan University of Leoben, Austria.

Sebastian Bihari is Managing Partner and co-founder of Vektor Partners, an international venture capital firm in the disruption of the mobility sector. Prior to that, he was Managing Director and Head of Automotive Investment Banking EMEA at BNP Paribas. Previously, he worked in M&A with Moelis & Company and Greenhill & Co. Sebastian Bihari graduated in International Economics and Business at University of Innsbruck and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

“We are very proud that we were able to appoint Dr. Thomas Wuensche and Sebastian Bihari as members of the advisory board. Dr. Thomas Wuensche is a highly experienced international automotive expert. AST will strongly benefit from his strategic views and long standing international experience on its growth trajectory by actively contributing to digitalization and electrification through its advanced sensor technologies. Sebastian Bihari is an outstanding entrepreneur in new technologies and the mobility space. Together with his longstanding expertise in M&A, we are looking forward to Sebastian supporting the team in executing its growth strategy”, says Johannes Prosteder, CEO and Managing Director of AST International.

“With the addition of these two highly experienced and regarded individuals to the advisory board we are confident to continue AST’s success story and support management on their journey into new markets and products”, says Johann Scheid, Blantyre Capital shareholder representative.