Prof. H.P.M. (Ben) Knapen
Ben Knapen (b. 1951, Kaatsheuvel) was appointed a member of the Council with
effect from 1 January 2008.
He studied Modern History at Radboud University Nijmegen and obtained his doctorate in 1985.
Ben Knapen has been Professor of an endowed chair in Media Quality and Ethics at Radboud University Nijmegen since 1 January 2008. Professor Knapen was previously editor-in-chief of the NRC Handelsblad national newspaper, Senior Director of Corporate Communication, Marketing and Institutional Affairs at Philips and, until 2006, a member of the Board of Management of the publisher PCM Uitgevers.
