Professor Annetje Ottow has served as President of Leiden University’s Executive Board since 8 February 2021.

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Professor Annetje Ottow has served as President of Leiden University’s Executive Board since 8 February 2021. She is responsible for strategy, knowledge transfer, alliances and external relations, international relations, communication, alumni policy, a safe environment, diversity and inclusion, and sustainability at the University. Ottow is also the point of contact for the campus and for campus development in Leiden city centre. She is also Professor of Public Economic Law at Leiden Leiden Law School.

Annetje Ottow studied at Leiden University, receiving a Master of Laws (cum laude) in business law, and went on to receive a Master of Laws from Queen Mary College in London. She worked as a lawyer from 1990 to 2006, first at De Brauw Blackston Westbroek and later at Houthoff Buruma, where she was a partner. Ottow was a member of the Board of the Netherlands Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority (OPTA) from 2006 to 2013.

Ottow obtained her PhD from the University of Amsterdam in June 2006. She specialises in market regulation and supervision, and became Professor of Public Economic Law at Utrecht University in 2007. Ottow served as Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance at Utrecht University from 2014 to 2018, and was Vice President of the Executive Board of Utrecht University from 2018 to 2021.

In her research Ottow combines her academic expertise with her practical experience.