Herman Van Kesteren

Herman van Kesteren (1961) is Professor of Tax Law at Tilburg University. He is also an Indirect Taxes Partner with PwC in Amsterdam, the Netherlands with over 20 years experience and is currently responsible for knowledge management and liigation in the field of VAT. He is an honorary judge in the 's-Hertogenbosch Court of Appeals and in the 's-Gravenhage (The Hague) Court of first instance.

Herman received his Law Degree (Major in tax) at Leiden University and lectured European VAT at this university before transferring to Tilburg University in 2000, where he was appointed professor in the field of VAT in 2003.

Herman has often been a (guest) lecturer, both in the Netherlands and abroad, for academic scholars as well as for tax practitioners. He serves as lecturer in several international programmes and is chair of the board of the section of VAT specialists of the Dutch Association of Tax Advisors.

Herman is also a regular speaker at seminars and conferences regarding EU VAT Law. He actively contributes to thought leadership in the area of VAT and has written several books on VAT and numerous articles for legal periodicals, and contributed to several papers.