Our organisation

Our departments

Governing & Organizational Affairs
Anouk Janssen

Collection Preservation
Foekje Boersma

Collection Data
Nasim Hamidian a.i.

Collection Content
Miriam Wagenaar a.i.

Collection Development
Jasper Faase

Corporate Communication
Lennart de Jong


Digital Preservation
Jeffrey van der Hoeven

Digitalization
Nasim Hamidian

Finance 
Frank Schrijvershof

Building, Facility Management & Procurement 
Belinda Slaa-Verboom

HR 
Christine Pijpers a.i.

Information Policy
Stephanie Gertenaar


Information Technology
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IT Service Management 
Stephanie Gertenaar a.i.

Marketing & Education 
Maaike Napolitano

Research
Rosemarie van der Veen-Oei

Programs & Projects 
Cynthia Henskens

Public Services
Mariëtte Roelvink

Openbare bibliotheeknetwerkstaf

Netwerkmanager openbare bibliotheken

Erna Winters

Portfolios and board members

Reading & Digital Literacy
Ronald Huizer

Sustainable Access
Geertrui Verbraak

Research & Discovery
Martijn Kleppe (Deputy director general)

Business management
Eva de Jong

Information & technology
Niek Schroten

Board of directors

Director general
Wilma van Wezenbeek

General Executive Council

The KB is an independent administrative body (zelfstandig besturingsorgaan, ZBO). A ZBO is an organisation that fulfils government tasks but is not part of a ministry.

The daily running of the KB rests with the general director, who is accountable to the General Executive Council (Algemeen bestuurscollege, ABC). The ABC's tasks and authority are recorded in the Higher education and research act (Wet op het hoger onderwijs en wetenschappelijk onderzoek, WHW) and the KB's board regulations. Among other things, the ABC concerns itself with the budget, annual report, organisational policy, subsidy programmes and developments in the various networks in which the KB is active.

The General Executive Council of the KB consists of a maximum of 5 members appointed by the Minister of Education, Culture and Science. The council of the KB consists of:

  • mr. T.H.J. (Tjibbe) Joustra (chair)
  • prof. dr. B.A. (Beatrice) de Graaf
  • drs. A.S. (Annette) Roeters
  • dr. K. (Karin) Amatmoekrim
  • prof. dr. M.J. (Jeroen) van den Hoven

Board secretary: dr. mr. A.N.P. (Anouk) Janssen

Our experts

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