Bram van Renterghem obtained an MSc in Bioscience Engineering and in Environmental Remediation and Management from University of Ghent in 2004. In 2006 he joined the Jan De Nul Group as an environmental engineer and since 2008 is an operational dredging superintendent. He was outsourced for 3 years to Envisan as a Project Manager and as such followed up at Vlassenbroek.