Summary
Francisco Maroto is a seasoned banking technology leader with 11 years focused on blockchain and over two decades in international payments and SWIFT operations, currently heading Blockchain & Digital Assets at BBVA from Madrid. He drives strategy and product ownership for DLT projects across the BBVA Group, represents the bank in the broader blockchain ecosystem, and has a proven track record transforming global payments infrastructure. Beyond corporate leadership, he teaches Digital Assets at Universidad Pontificia Comillas and serves on boards including Alastria and INETCO, bridging academia, industry consortia, and vendor advisory. His background in coordinating global SWIFT operations and implementing centralized foreign operations gives him rare domain depth in both legacy financial rails and emerging crypto rails. Fluent in cross-border commerce and international relations through an MBA and early career roles, he combines strategic vision with hands-on portfolio management to operationalize novel blockchain use cases in regulated banking.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Business and Management Foreign Commerce, Business and Management Foreign Commerce at Universidad Aut贸noma de Madrid
MBA International Relations and Foreign Commerce, MBA International Relations and Foreign Commerce at Aliter - U.C.Berkeley
English