President of De Nederlandsche Bank
Prof. K.H.W. Knot has been President of De Nederlandsche Bank since 1 July 2011. In that capacity he is a member of the Governing Council and the General Council of the European Central Bank, as well as being Governor of the International Monetary Fund.
Knot holds several secondary positions. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements, Chairman of the Koning Willem I Foundation and Chairman of the Mr. N.G. Pierson Foundation. Since 2005 he has been Professor of Economics of Central Banking at the University of Groningen. Knot has published a variety of articles in leading (international) journals in monetary and financial economics.
Before joining the DNB Board, Knot was Deputy Treasurer-General and Director of Financial Markets at the Dutch Ministry of Finance (2009–11). From 1995 to 2009 he held several positions at DNB, varying from (senior) Economist to Director of the Supervisory Policy division. At different intervals during this period, Knot was with the International Monetary Fund (1998-99) and the then Pensions and Insurance Supervisory Authority (2003-04).
In 1991, Klaas Knot graduated with honours in Economics at the University of Groningen. In 1995 he obtained a doctorate in Economics. Born: 14 April 1967 in Onderdendam.