Frank Nellen (F.J.G.)

Frank Nellen is Professor of VAT and supply chain taxation at Maastricht University. From 2008 to 2026, he worked as a tax advisor, respectively with KPMG Meijburg & Co in Eindhoven and Baker Tilly Netherlands in Utrecht.

Frank holds degrees in International Business (MSc, Maastricht University), Tax Economics (MSc, Tilburg University), and Tax Law (LL.M cum laude, Maastricht University). In 2017, he obtained his PhD in tax law from Maastricht University with a dissertation titled Information Asymmetries in EU VAT. He frequently speaks at seminars and conferences on tax law (or literature) and regularly publishes in academic and professional journals. In 2024, he received the Jaap van den Berge Literature Prize for his academic publications.

Alongside his academic and professional work, Frank is also an author affiliated with the literary publishing house Overamstel / Holland Diep in Amsterdam. His second novel, De onzichtbaren (2023), won the Dutch Bookstore Prize and was shortlisted for the E. du Perron Prize, the Libris Literature Prize, and the Boekenbon Literature Prize. In 2025, he was appointed writer in residence at both Radboud University and Maastricht University.