Programme Management
PROF. MADELEINE MERKX
Seminar Director
Madeleine Merkx is Professor of Indirect Taxes at the Erasmus School of Law and Programme Director of the EFS Post-Master EU VAT. She is also a partner in BDO’s Department of Professional Practice, an editor at MBB and FED and on the staff at WFR, BNB, Btw-bulletin and Taxvisions.
RAKESH GHIRAH LLM
Seminar Coordinator
Rakesh Ghirah is a Partner in Indirect Tax at Londen & Van Holland and a thesis supervisor at the Law & Tax Department of Erasmus University. With a strong background in both profit and non-profit sector, Rakesh previously served as a VAT specialist at the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration and the Ministry of Finance. Rakesh provides strategic VAT advice to a wide range of clients and delivers tailored VAT training programs to companies across various industries.

