Klaas Knot was President of De Nederlandsche Bank from 1 July 2011 to 1 July 2025 and served as Chair of the Financial Stability Board from 2 December 2021 to 1 July 2025. He was also a member of the Governing Council and the General Council of the European Central Bank, member of the European Systemic Risk Board, member of the International Monetary Fund’s Board of Governors and a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements.

Klaas currently runs his own strategic consultancy firm, KK Economic Advisory, where he advises European and Dutch public authorities on wide-ranging issues such as crisis management, central bank independence, and financing public infrastructure. He is also a frequent speaker at various national and international conferences and symposia.

Klaas holds several secondary positions. Since 2005, he has been (honorary) professor of economics of central banking at the University of Groningen, and since 2015 he has also been honorary professor of monetary stability at the Economics and Business Department of the University of Amsterdam. Klaas has published a variety of articles in leading Dutch and international journals in the fields of monetary and financial economics. He is also a member of the Group of Thirty, a global advisory body comprised of economic and financial leaders.

Before assuming DNB’s presidency, Klaas Knot served as Deputy Treasurer-General and Director of Financial Markets at the Dutch Ministry of Finance (2009–2011). From 1995 to 2009, he fulfilled various roles at DNB, interrupted by positions at the International Monetary Fund (1998-1999) and the former Dutch Pensions and Insurance Supervisory Authority (2003-2004).

In 1991, he graduated with honors in economics from the University of Groningen. In 1995, he obtained his PhD in economics there.