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Saskia Maas – Talent Manager, Founder & CEO

For more than 30 years, she has led the international, Amsterdam based comedy institution Boom Chicago. As CEO, she runs the venue on the Rozengracht and leads Boom Chicago for Business. For the latter, she produces strategic performances and projects around the world using humor to help companies connect with their employees, clients and customers.

Raised in Brabant, Saskia has a Masters Degree in Text Linguistics from Tilburg University. During her studies she joined ISEP, the international Student Exchange program that landed her a spot at Ball State University in Muncie Indiana, the alma mater of David Letterman. In the Netherlands, she completed an executive management program at Nyenrode Business University and learned the insights of design thinking at THNK, the Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership.

Falcon Artists fits Saskia’s focus on talent development and her desire to positively impact the lives of the people she cares for.

Natasja Wielandt – publicist

With over a decade of experience in the field and specializations in the startup, art, and culture scenes, she and her company focus on building the relationship between brand and audience. An eye for detail, attitude, and approach define the agency’s distinctive signature.

Anouk de Valk – Mental Coach

In a creative industry that focuses more and more on fame, money and success, the pressure is on and we feel highly responsible for making the right choices along the way. But your career isn’t a script with set outcomes. And things don’t always go your way.

As a senior consultant, coach, therapist, trainer, and workshop facilitator—and last but not least, as Reiky and Kymo’s mother— it’s her passion to offer (young) creatives support and guidance, with navigating their professional and personal life: mentally, emotionally physically and spiritually.

You have to do it yourself, but we’re in it together

Kymo de Valk – creative assistant

After the suicide of his brother, actor Reiky de Valk, Kymo started his own creative journey. Losing Reiky left a deep impact and acting became Kymo’s way to stay connected to his brother and carry his spirit forward. What started as a way to process grief grew into a true passion and devotion to the craft of storytelling.

As a young actor, Kymo was looking for guidance and representation to navigate this new industry. Since Saskia was already helping him with deals and contracts, Kymo suggested that she start her own representation company. He became involved, not only as one of the artists represented by the management, but also by sharing his vision throughout every step of the set-up.

The name Falcon was inspired by their family name, as Valk means Falcon in Dutch. Falcon was also the name of Reiky’s company. It felt right for Saskia, Anouk and Kymo to honor his vision and creativity in this way.

Juliana Mondadori – Executive Assistant

Juliana is passionate about helping people and that is one of the main reasons she studied Psychology. After working for several years in customer service, she believes that empathy and some tools from Psychology can make a change when working in a supportive role. Born in Brazil, she speaks fluent Portuguese and English, can read and understand Spanish and Italian and has been learning Dutch for several years (and having a Dutch husband helps!).