In my role as Deputy Government Commissioner, I have worked with Simone de Brabander on various substantive dossiers. Simone is to the point and does not shy away from a good, constructive discussion on the way forward. She is pragmatic, goal-oriented and always sticks to achieving the agreed results. In other words: she delivers, on time and as planned. Simone has written a three-year Strategic Communication Plan (2022-2024) for the Public Entity St. Eustatius in which she gave direction as to how the municipality will handle public communications and dialogue with the community on importantand challenging subjects. This Plan has already been executed for the most part and is currently in process. Simone was also the interim head of the information unit. In this role, she led and trained the unit to deliver higher standards in terms of quality and quantity. I have always experienced the collaboration with Simone as open, pleasant and with mutual respect.

Simone has good command of the subjects she deals with and consistently delivers great results in a timely manner. Her personable approach makes it a pleasure to do business with her. I highly recommend BridgeGaps for Market Research, Marketing and PR matters.

During my work as crisis manager for the Public Entity Sint Eustatius Simone was a valuable member of our COVID-19 crisisteam where she was responsible for public communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. Simone is a very good strategic communications professional. She is always on top of things, a good advisor and a clear communicator. She is committed to her work, without choosing the easy way.

Simone acted immediately and professionally when we asked for business/marketing support at the start of Fox-IT in Curaçao. Our request was handled in a sharp and a very pleasant way resulting in good coverage and a very well received official opening party. Based on our good experience Fox-IT is now planning the next steps with BridgeGaps regarding business support in the near future.

Simone de Brabander van BridgeGaps is scherp, snel, gevat en gedegen. Zij heeft een heldere kijk op mensen en zaken. Haar journalistieke achtergrond en haar wortels op Curaçao gaven ons meteen een vertrouwd gevoel. Sinds 2009 schrijft Simone voor Spies&Spreken en COCOSS persberichten en daar zijn wij zeer tevreden over. Haar kwaliteit ligt in haar precisie. Een goede observatie van de bijeenkomst, training of workshop gaat vooraf aan een foutloos en feilloos weergegeven stuk tekst. Bij het bespreken van deze stukken neemt Simone vaak nog het aspect “marketing” mee. De ideeën die Simone heeft zijn verfrissend en bovendien zeer goed afgestemd op de Curaçaose markt. Dat is voor ons de absolute meerwaarde voor het werken met BridgeGaps. Als laatste is de snelheid waarmee zij werkt hoog en de persoonlijke benadering zeer zeker een aanbeveling waard.