Klaas Knot
Klaas Knot
Klaas Knot has been President of the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank) in Amsterdam since 1 July 2011. In this 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. Klaas 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. Klaas Knot has published a variety of articles in leading (international) journals on monetary and financial economics. Before joining the Governing Board of DNB, Professor 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 two intervals during this period, Professor Knot was seconded 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.
