Prof.dr. Peter van der Zanden

Peter van der Zanden was a partner at Ernst & Young Accountants from 1983 until his retirement in 2006. He started his career at (a predecessor of) Ernst & Young in 1966. He performed audits for multinational as well as national clients. He was an expert-witness in many court cases and coordinated expert-witness activities within Ernst & Young. When Ernst & Young in 1983 was the first Dutch auditfirm to start a knowledge center for audit issues (Directoraat vaktechniek) he became a parttime (50%) member of the staff of this office. In 1991 he became (full) professor Financial Accounting at Netherlands Nyenrode Business School. In 1993 he was also appointed (full) professor Financial Accounting at Tilburg University, He retired in 2012.
After his retirement as an auditor in 2006 he became Honorary Judge in the The Hague Court of Appeal and a judge in the Accountantskamer (Disciplinary Court for auditors) of the Zwolle district court from 2009 untill 2011. In 2011 he became Honorary Judge in the Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal (College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven) in the Hague. From 2007 until 2011he was the Academic Director of the postgraduate Programme for the Education of Dutch auditors (Registeraccountants). Professor van der Zanden has been and still is a member of several committees and working parties of national and international accounting organizations in the field of financial accounting and company law.