Renske is a senior project manager with a degree in Political Science and International Relations and wide experience across both the private and public sector. For over fifteen years she has worked to make cities better places to live, under the umbrella of many different EU-funded projects and often with a focus on sustainable urban mobility and innovation procurement.

She has been employed since 2018 by Forum Virium Helsinki, the non-profit innovation organisation that forms part of the City of Helsinki. Her work focuses on leading large cross-European projects, for example on automated vehicles, on the ground and in the air, and on satellite data.

She has worked in the space data ecosystem for several years, as Coordinator of the EU-funded SPACE4Cities Pre-Commercial Procurement. The possibilities and impact of using highly innovative satellite data-based solutions in urban planning and city challenges are at the core of that work, alongside the innovation procurement aspect and close cooperation between companies and cities.