Marieke Reuver is co-founder and Executive Director of ERINN Innovation, with over 20 years of experience in European education, research and innovation projects. She holds an MSc in Animal Sciences (Dutch engineering title Ir.) from Wageningen University, the Netherlands. Marieke provides strategic leadership across funding acquisition, project delivery and business development, with particular expertise in large-scale EU-funded programmes, including Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, FP7, FP6, Erasmus, Interreg, JPI Oceans and the Lifelong Learning Programme. Her strengths span proposal development, project management, science communication, dissemination, knowledge transfer and stakeholder engagement. Passionate about the blue economy, climate action, environmental sustainability and the broader sustainability transition, she is dedicated to helping organisations translate research and innovation into meaningful impact for policy, industry and society.