Marcel van der Woude

Marcel van der Woude is a Senior Policy Advisor at the Cash Policy Depart­ment of the Central Bank of the Netherlands. Presently he manages a diverse range of cash related projects, such as the introduction of sustainable cotton in banknote paper, research into the use of cash, and purchasing of banknotes. Recently, he developed a smartphone app for public education on banknotes. Within the European System of Central Banks he con­tributes to the committee on quality management of Euro banknotes. In 1997, Marcel graduated with a Professional Doctorate in Engineering in Chemical Process Design at the Technical University of Eindhoven. Prior to that he completed a Master of Science degree in Chemistry at the University of Nijmegen.