Executive board

Rector magnificus

Prof. dr. José Sanders

José Sanders has been Rector Magnificus of the Radboud University since 17 October 2023. Her responsibilities include the portfolios education, research and student affairs. 

José Sanders studied Dutch Language and Literature in Nijmegen and specialised in Communication in Organisations. She joined Radboud University in 2009 as associate professor, first in Dutch Language and Culture and in 2013 in Communication and Information Studies. She subsequently served as coordinator of minor and master's programmes in Journalism, chair of the Department of Language and Communication, and dean of the Faculty of Arts, among others. In 2017, she was appointed professor of Narrative Communication.

Contact through the personal assistant(s) of the College member. Assistant: jessica.stolk [at] ru.nl (Jessica Stolk).

• bureau.rectormagnificus [at] ru.nl (bureau[dot]rectormagnificus[at]ru[dot]nl) 
• +31 24 361 30 82

Vicevoorzitter

Drs. Agnes Muskens RA

Agnes Muskens has been Vice President of the Radboud University Executive Board since 1 January 2022.

She is responsible for the portfolio of operations concerning Campus & Facilities, Finance & Control, Human Resources, Information & Library Services. She also has a focus on the broad Sustainability agenda.

Before that, she was a partner at Deloitte Consulting focusing on services to banks and insurers in the areas of finance, compliance and operations. Between 1989 and 2008, she held various management positions in the financial sector, particularly at ABN AMRO. She is educated as a chartered accountant at VU University Amsterdam and studied business economics at Tilburg University.

Contact through the personal assistant(s) of the College member. Assistant: Esther van Deurzen.

• agnes.muskens [at] ru.nl (agnes[dot]muskens[at]ru[dot]nl) 
• +31 24 361 54 90