Testimonials

I have had the privilege of working with Saskia on several occasions in Texas and in Rotterdam since 2017. Saskia is not only a very kind person, but also a genuine business development expert and a true economic diplomat helping to further strengthen Dutch-American relations.

In March 2019 Saskia was one of the organizers of the Netherlands Taskforce Healthcare mission to Austin and Houston, Texas. The mission has proved to be successful for us in expanding our network as well as identifying opportunities for trade and investment in the Greater Houston area.

I am looking forward to continue working with Saskia and would recommend any company interested in pursuing opportunities in Texas and or the Netherlands to reach out Saskia and her team at NBSO Texas.

Unal Sezisla
Business Intelligence Manager Rotterdam Partners
International Trade and Investment

I met Saskia Pardaans during the Life Science and Health trade mission in Texas. She and her team organized the trade mission together with the Health Care Task Force, RVO and the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. Saskia was responsible for the general program, the individual matchmaking and the organization during the trade mission itself. The content of the program was very diverse and of high quality. Concrete follow-up agreements have been made by the entrepreneurs, which will most likely result in great assignments. Thanks to Saskia’s enthusiasm and professionalism, she provided the delegation with an inspiring and successful week. The trade mission was a success in every respect. Compliments to Saskia and her team for the excellent organization! Saskia is great!

 Erik Gerritsen
Secretary-General

I had the pleasure of first meeting Saskia at a RVO meeting in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Immediately I was put at ease by her professional approach and found her to have an extremely organized, approachable and knowledgeable personality. We kept in touch over time as we both had lots in common. Due to the growth of SIRON in Europe and the increase in overseas enquiries I contacted Saskia again with regards to some work in the US. Saskia is based at the Netherlands Business Support Office (NBSO) in Houston. I was planning a visit to Houston to visit clients and Saskia straightaway jumped into action and was kind enough to arrange a whole day of back to back business meetings with different key people who gave SIRON great insight on how to do business in the US. Nothing was too much trouble for Saskia and she was always checking in to see how the day was going and was even kind enough to let me use her own boardroom for the day. For any Dutch company looking to do business in the US I cannot recommend Saskia highly enough. A true professional. We ended the day at a New Year Reception to celebrate the start of 2019 with the NBSO where I met many new contacts. Many thanks Saskia and I look forward to working with you again in the future. You are a credit to the NBSO and thank you for all your assistance.

Antoon Buitenhuis
CEO 

I met Saskia when I took on my role at the Netherlands Embassy’s Economic Department in Washington DC (December 2015). Saskia served as Chief Representative at the Netherlands Business Support Office in Houston, as she does now. We worked together on a regular basis – at least weekly. I have got to know Saskia as a highly motivated and skillful economic diplomat; well-positioned to connect Dutch entrepreneurs to business opportunities in Texas. I recommend working with Saskia as she has a can-do mentality and is a nice and genuine person on top of that.

Vincent Storimans
Deputy Consul General

Saskia is a very pleasant person to work with. Due to her passion and enthusiasm, she gets a lot of things done. She has been a great help to establish our business in the Houston area.

Roland van Assche
Commercial Director

Saskia is highly skilled in what she does and very well connected in her field. She knows exactly who to send your way or who to talk to, in order to build or expand a business in Texas. With creativity and an extensive network, she matches people from all kinds of companies and institutions in various fields, who as a result both enjoy their new successes. Saskia has been very important for The Stroopclub in connecting the dots with some important clients and giving the right exposure to the right persons. Besides her professionalism, she is also a beautiful, strong and fun character to spend time with.

Chantal Piet
CEO

As chairman of VNO-NCW Oostland, I worked closely with Saskia for some time.
I got to know Saskia as a professional, commercial doer. Saskia is great at organizing events with an eye for details. Due to her commercial attitude, she understands the problems and wishes of entrepreneurs. She knows how to translate this into concrete projects in which she is responsible for both the organization and the process guidance. Due to her boundless energy and enthusiasm, she must be slowed down rather than stimulated. So if you want to have something well organized or achieve a commercial objective, Saskia is a great person to have in your team.

 Cor van der Wel
Chairman VNO-NCW Oostland

Saskia Pardaans is committed to the business community in Pijnacker-Nootdorp and Lansingerland. Together with her team, she organizes substantive and networking meetings where entrepreneurs and governments meet. The Oostland Day was excellently organised. More than 300 entrepreneurs attended this annual networking event.

Her contribution to the steering group ‘Oostland on the map’ is also of great added value. In short, a businesslike, positive approach, a high degree of expertise and also very enthusiastic and driven.

Ewald van Vliet
Mayor

If you have worked with Saskia once, you will raise the bar considerably with every project partner from now on.

Saskia is a no-nonsense, pragmatic approacher who works with great commitment to achieving the client’s goals. In addition to this results orientation, she also has a great eye for the human factor in organizations. Not in a soft way, by the way. She states things clearly for everyone involved, gets people motivated and moving and thus gets the best out of people and organizations. In short, a very nice partner to work with!

Bert van Loon
entrepreneur  &  Co-Founder

Saskia Pardaans from OSP Opleidingen has provided us with excellent support in a process in which professionalization of our services has been central. In a short time, OSP has trained us in areas such as “conversation techniques” and “presentation”. Result: a more confident and proactive team of Information Professionals!

Paul Baak
CEO