Jane Semeleer

Jeanette Semeleer
8th President of the Central Bank of Aruba
Incumbent
Assumed office
2008
MonarchsBeatrix (1980-2013)
Willem-Alexander (2013–present)
PremierNelson Oduber (2004-2009)
Mike Eman (2009-2017)
Evelyn Wever-Croes (2017–present)
Preceded byHassanali Mehran
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of Toledo

Jeanette Semeleer is an Aruban economist who has been the president of the Central Bank of Aruba since 2008.[1]

As president of the bank, Semeleer oversaw a seven-year enterprise to redesign the Aruban florin banknotes in partnership with Crane Currency. The new banknotes, first issued in 2019, are decorated with the indigenous plants and animals of Aruba.[2][3] The International Bank Note Society designated the new 100 florin as the "Banknote of the Year for 2019".[4][5]

Semeleer joined the CBA in 1990, eventually leading several of its departments and becoming a member of its board in 2000. Before the CBA, she served as an advisor for Aruba's Department of Economic Affairs as well as the Department of Foreign Relations. She is a 1984 graduate of the University of Toledo, where she studied economics.[6]

  1. ^ Hoey, J. Kelly (20 November 2018). "Aruba: Where Women Lead". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. ^ Braynen-Kimani, Niccole; Weir, Melinda (June 2020). "Star Turn: Aruba' s new banknotes spotlight the heroes among its flora and fauna". Finance & Development. 57 (2). Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. ^ "The Central Bank of Aruba holds the official launch of the new 2019 series florin banknotes". Aruba Today. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  4. ^ Pinto, Juan Luis (4 April 2020). "Aruba Wins IBNS 2019 Bank Note of Year Award". Aruba Today. pp. 56–57. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  5. ^ Friedberg, Arthur L. (20 April 2020). "Aruba 100-florin note named Banknote of the Year". Coin World. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Semeleer new boss Central Bank Aruba". Dutch Caribbean Legal Portal. 25 August 2008. Archived from the original on 16 September 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2020.[unreliable source?]