Ralph Bast

Ralph Bast is CEO of Aurora, a leading manufacturer of heating and air conditioning systems for on- and off-road vehicle series and a hidden champion in southwest Germany, and is one of the most important managers in the region.

Before his appointment as CEO of the Aurora Group, Mr. Bast was CEO of an SME, after having served as President of the Global Automotive Bearing Business at SKF. Prior to that, he worked for over a decade at ZF Friedrichshafen, including a two-year stint as General Manager in Mexico, and most recently as Head of the Business Unit Passenger Car Automatic Transmissions. Mr. Bast began his career as an engineer in the German Armed Forces.

Mr. Bast holds a degree in engineering from the University of the Bundeswehr Munich and a degree in industrial engineering from the FernUniversität in Hagen.