Renée graduated from a Bachelor of Business Administration, majoring in global public health and project management, in 2014, and from a Master of Science in Global Health in 2016.

She gained experience working internationally in the fields of global health project management and research, among others in Mongolia and Sri Lanka, and most recently for the WHO Regional Office for Europe within the Mental Health and the Alcohol & Illicit Drugs Programme. Renée joined KNCV as a project officer in May 2017.