Saskia Roskam

Saskia was born and raised in The Netherlands and moved to the UK in 2011 to start a life with her partner. When pregnant with her first child and looking for a job she discovered the constraints for working mums. Getting a job while growing a family seemed impossible.

When she met Lisa Shepherd at the digital marketing agency (where she worked four days a week after the birth of her daughter) they bonded over their shared baking heritage. Monthly markets followed, and real people began interacting with the brand they were building from scratch.

Fast forward 10 years and The Biskery is now a multi-award winning business. Baking for businesses like BBC, Google, The Ordinary, high-end luxury brands, Tech, Legal, the charity sector and many more.

The business has allowed her to be present with her children (although the juggle remains a challenge), and that has been 100% by design. As Lisa and Saskia were building this business they kept reiterating to one another, that they are in the unique position to create a business that works for them as mums. Otherwise, what is the point? It led them down an unconventional path of opening school-hours only and basing recruitment around part-time employment structures that work well for mums.

It now serves as a business model for how to respect working mums. And on top of that she says she is in the business of spreading kindness, connection and appreciation one biscuit at a time.