Renske van der Veer is a Distinguished Fellow at ICCT and currently holds the position of Director Educational Institute Custodial Institutions Agency at the DJI. Prior to this she served as Director of ICCT from 2018-2020. Before this period she worked as coordinating  senior policy advisor and deputy head of unit in the Counter-Terrorism Department of the National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism (NCTV), part of the Ministry of Justice and Security. Renske van der Veer brings 10 years’ experience in the field of counter-terrorism (CT). She has worked with various government organisations in the CT field across the interface of local, national and international spheres. She has held various positions in executive organisations, as a senior analyst in the field of jihadist terrorism, and various positions in programme and project management.