Programme Management
PROF. DR. Madeleine Merkx
Programme Director /
EFS Board Member
Madeleine Merkx is Professor of Indirect Taxation at the Erasmus School of Law and a member of the Board of EFS. She is a partner at the Tax Research Center of BDO the Netherlands. She is also an editor of MBB (an academic journal), NLFiscaal kennisbank (a database) and FED (a case law journal) and a regular contributor to WFR, BNB, Btw-bulletin (all tax law journals) and Taxvisions (a tax video platform).
ANNE JANSSEN
Programme Coordinator
Anne Janssen is a PhD researcher and a lecturer at Erasmus University Rotterdam. She conducts PhD research on the trust and distrust dynamic between the Member States’ tax administrations when interacting within the context of the VAT One-Stop-Shop System. As a lecturer, Anne teaches courses in VAT and customs in the Master Indirect Taxation. In addition, she works as Manager Indirect Tax at the BDO Knowledge Centre, where she combines academic teaching with extensive practical experience in indirect taxation.
