Since March 2026, Yingnan Yao has been Head of Business Development Asia Desk at GARBE Industrial GmbH & Co. KG in Frankfurt, where she is responsible for strategic business development and the expansion of activities with Asian customers and partners.

In this role, her focus is on identifying new market opportunities. She brings her many years of experience in the international market environment – particularly in the automotive, battery and e-commerce sectors – as well as her in-depth understanding of the requirements of Asian user groups to the further development of the company’s business activities. She speaks fluent Mandarin, English and German.

Yingnan Yao studied Chinese Politics and Sociology at the University of Oxford, as well as English Language and Literature and Sociology at the University of Düsseldorf. She also completed a Battery MBA at Battery Associates.