Sabine Yang-Schmidt brings in over 20 years of professional experience in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Whatever confusing waters you navigate through, use her expert knowledge to stay on top of the situation.
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Whether you need to set up new offices abroad, promote international investments, exhibit at trade shows, analyse gender equality standards, or host a workshop on international politics, economics, risks, and development opportunities, Sabine Yang-Schmidt supports you with proven international, strategic, creative, and culturally sensitive expert skills.
Cassandra Foresight is a boutique consulting firm by Sabine Yang-Schmidt. Click on the logo to learn more about specific consulting services, or get in touch for individual enquiries.
Global expertise
With over 20 years of professional international experience, Sabine Yang-Schmidt offers two distinct consulting pathways:
- Boutique advisory with Cassandra Foresight
- Independent International Consultant
With a solid academic foundation and extensive international experience, Sabine supports global and national partners in translating gender equality commitments into meaningful action. Her studies have taken her across Europe and Asia, with certifications from institutions like the CERIS-ULB Diplomatic School of Brussels, London School of Economics (LSE) and ESADE in Spain.
Based on her various language skills, you could easily work with Sabine in German, English, Chinese, Spanish, and French.
Politics, Economics, Human Rights, and Diplomacy
Her work spans diplomacy, geopolitical analysis, investment promotion, and strategic advisory for governments and institutions across Europe, Asia, and Africa. As an individual consultant, she supports international organisations — including UN bodies and European governments — on development, human rights, and humanitarian initiatives. Her expertise includes political risk and strategy management, strategic entry and exit advisory on East Asian markets, political information about China, gender-focused consultancy in African states, and more.
China Competence
Her deep knowledge of China and her fluency in Mandarin Chinese allow exceptional insights into the “Middle Kingdom”. With over 15 years of professional experience at the intersection of China’s economics and politics, Sabine Yang-Schmidt is a sought-after keynote speaker, political advisor, and an analyst of Sino-German as well as European-African-China relations.
Service Above Self
Aside of her professional career, she has been honored as an Ambassador for Aquabox, a UK-based charity delivering humanitarian WASH aid—most recently supporting relief efforts in Ukraine—and an Ambassador for the Institute for Economics and Peace, which promotes and analyses global trends in Positive Peace. Both roles reflect her ongoing commitment to peace, development, and human rights worldwide.
Explore how Sabine’s professional insights and cultural fluency can guide your international strategy — connect to learn more about tailored consulting solutions.
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Gender Consulting & Beyond
Sabine’s independent consultancy spans gender equality, change management, and innovation, including mentoring startups and fostering new approaches to inclusive development. She is a passionate advocate for women in tech and co-founded networks connecting China and Germany to empower female professionals in the sector. She worked for international organisations and European governments to support gender projects globally on multiple levels, from mobilising resources and coordinating programmes to organising workshops, publishing gender equality focused articles, and more.
Across sectors such as energy, automotive, startups, governance, peacebuilding, and employment promotion, Sabine bring sanalytical depth combined with practical, context-sensitive solutions. Whether conducting in-depth gender analyses, advising on feminist foreign policy or Women, Peace and Security strategies, working on initiatives like the Spotlight Initiative and the Peace Building Fund, or guiding organisational change, she deliver strategic, results-oriented support.
If you are seeking a collaborative, strategic partner for gender-focused and innovation-driven projects, I look forward to connecting.
Fit for China
“Fit for China” was designed to increase staff competence on China, offered by my consulting firm Cassandra Foresight. This 5-days on-site workshop in German language included information on contemporary China country facts, history, politics, society, strategy, rhetorics, and communications.
Selected activities:
- 2025. French Government. Gender Consulting on a project concerning Women in Energy in Sierra Leone.
- 2025. WASH – International Humanitarian WASH aid in Ukraine. Keynote speech.
- 2024. Stiill space for Europe? China’s Africa policies. Keynote speech.
- 2024. German Government. Fit for China. Workshop with Cassandra Foresight..
- 2023. Deutsche Welle TV. Report and interviews on the Car Industry’s Future.
- 2023. China as the Middle Kingdom? Keynote speech.
- 2022. TU Berlin. Summer School guest lecturer at the China Competence Centre.
- 2022. IHK Hamburg & Bremen. Workshop on Political Risk Management.
- 2022. IHK Potsdam. Foreign Trade Conference of the German Capital Region. Workshop on Political Risk Management.
- 2021. Asia Berlin Summit. Fireside Chat: Government, Politics and their role for innovation and scalability in Asia.
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