Yasmin Mei-Yee White

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Yasmin Mei-Yee White, 2019

Yasmin Mei-Yee Weiß (born November 28, 1978, born Fargel in Bonn ) is a German personnel manager, professor of business administration with a focus on personnel and organization, as well as a member of the supervisory board and journalist .

Career

Yasmin Mei-Yee Fargel (since their wedding: Yasmin Mei-Yee Weiß) grew up in a German-Chinese family and attended renowned schools and universities in Germany and abroad. After completing her business studies, she received her doctorate in economics from the Catholic University of Eichstätt in 2004 .

From 2005 to 2006 she worked as a management consultant at Accenture in Munich on international consulting projects. From 2006 to 2014 she worked as HR manager for the BMW Group in various functions, including HR strategy and policy, strategic HR development and HR management for BMW China. Yasmin Mei-Yee Weiß has held a professorship for human resources and organization at the Technical University of Nuremberg since 2011 . In 2015, she was also appointed visiting professor at the Technical University of Berlin for diversity management . Her research activities relate to the optimization of German-Chinese cooperation as well as digital literacy and digital education. A special focus is on the topic of "Digital Talents and Digital Leadership", on which she is leading a comprehensive research project.

In addition to her professorship, Yasmin Mei-Yee Weiß works in the private sector as a supervisory and advisory board member and as an entrepreneur. Between December 2013 and March 2018 she was a member of the Supervisory Board of Semikron International . In 2017 she was appointed to the Advisory Board of the BLG Logistics Group and in July 2018 to the Supervisory Board of the Zeppelin Group . Since April 2019 she has also been a member of the Supervisory Board of Neue Bayerische Beamten Lebensversicherung AG . In 2018 she founded the social start-up Yoloa , which prepares young people for the opportunities of digitization and the job market 4.0. She is also the managing director of the Institute for German-Chinese Cooperation.

In 2014, Yasmin Mei-Yee Weiß was appointed to the Foreign Trade Advisory Council by the then Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, Sigmar Gabriel, and to the Federal Government's Innovation Steering Committee by Chancellor Merkel . In 2017, Federal Minister of Economics Brigitte Zypries was reappointed to the Foreign Trade Advisory Council. In 2018 she was appointed to the FDP Economic Forum .

Memberships and honors

  • Alumna of the Board Academy of McKinsey, KPMG and Egon Zehnder
  • Member of the FDP Economic Forum under the leadership of Christian Lindner and Hermann Otto Solms
  • Award for "Young Elite: Top 40 under 40" by the business magazine Capital in 2017
  • Member of the thought leadership community of Wirtschaftswoche and the Boston Consulting Group
  • Member of the steering committee of the Federal Government's Innovation Dialogue headed by acatech President Henning Kagermann
  • Member of the Foreign Trade Advisory Council of the Federal Minister for Economics and Technology (AWB of the BMWi)
  • Member of the leadership network Zukunftsbrücke China of the BMW Foundation and the Mercator Program Center for International Affairs
  • Member of the executive network American Council on Germany
  • Member of the “German-Chinese Young Leaders Network” of Global Bridges
  • Member of the “Global Responsible Leaders Network” of the BMW Foundation
  • Member of the Zeit Foundation's “Young Leaders Network of Global Governance”
  • Winner of the One E.ON Award for innovative personnel concepts
  • Winner of the young talent award for political journalism from the Hanns Seidel Foundation
  • Scholarship holder of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (PhD scholarship holder )

Publications (selection)

  • Sattelberger, T., Y. Weiß: Radar for the future In: Handelsblatt October 1, 2018, No. 189, p. 48
  • Y. Weiß: A beginner's mind makes you fit for the future. In: Human Resources. 12/2017, pp. 54–57.
  • Y. Weiß: Success-critical skills in the digital age: What are the “Future Hot Skills”? (= Reprint from the Technical University of Nuremberg, No. 67). Nuremberg 2017.
  • Y. Weiß, J. Wagner: The future of the world of work: Work 4.0. In: W. Jochmann, I. Böckenholt, S. Diestel (Ed.): HR-Excellence. Innovative approaches in leadership and transformation. Wiesbaden 2016.
  • Y. Fargel, P. Wenzel: Finding and retaining Chinese employees using the example of the BMW Group's human resources strategy. In: Personalmagazin. 7, 2015, pp. 31-33.
  • Y. Fargel, F. Weiß: Successfully leading German-Chinese project teams. In: D. Hecht (Ed.): Modern procurement management in teaching and practice. 2014, pp. 269-280.
  • Y. Fargel, F. Weiß: Project management in China: Successfully leading German-Chinese project teams. In: Personnel Management. 6, 2014, pp. 66-73.
  • Y. Fargel: Recruiting Strategies for Multinational Employers in China. In: HR Manager. 5, 2013.
  • P. Eller, Y. Fargel: Talent Management for Emerging Markets. In: Personnel Management. 5, 2013, pp. 62-68.
  • T. Lurz, Y. Fargel: Swimming on the wave of success. What young people need to know in order to be successful. Frankfurt 2012.
  • Y. Fargel: Strategic Talent Management in China. Guide to successful people management. Wiesbaden 2011.
  • Y. Fargel, M. Behrendt: Take the lead. In: Personal. 6, 2010, pp. 43-45.
  • Y. Fargel, F. Cottone: Strategy and Leadership. In: Personal. 1, 2009, pp. 6-8.
  • Y. Fargel: Employee placement. A fit-oriented perspective. Wiesbaden 2006.
  • Y. Fargel, G. Müller-Seitz, L. Lu: Networks in China. In: Personal, magazine for human resource management. 57th vol., 5, 2005, pp. 10-12.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short bio
  2. ↑ Members of the Foreign Trade Advisory Board of the Federal Minister of Economics and Technology (AWB of the BMWi): Archive link ( Memento from October 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Members of the steering committee of the innovation dialogue of the federal government: http://innovationsdialog.acatech.de/organisation/innovationsdialog/träger-des-steuerkreises0.html
personal data
SURNAME White, Yasmin Mei-Yee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fargel, Yasmin Mei-Yee (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German HR manager and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn