Julio Faura
CEO at Adhara
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJulio Faura is a technology and financial services executive with over two decades of experience building and scaling innovation at the intersection of banking and blockchain. As CEO of Adhara and former Head of R&D and Blockchain at Banco Santander, he has led production blockchain labs, spun up internal startups and joint ventures, and driven real-time tokenized payment and liquidity solutions for banks, corporates and central banks. A former chip designer and PhD in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering with an MIT Management of Technology degree, he blends deep engineering chops with strategic M&A, corporate development and product incubation expertise. He chairs the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, chairs Spain’s Alastria network and sits on the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance board, reflecting a unique blend of technical leadership and industry-level convening power. Notably, his career arc spans full-custom silicon design to advising regulators and shaping tokenized settlement layers—demonstrating rare depth across hardware, software and financial-market infrastructure.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Computer Science / Electrical Engineering, PhD Computer Science / Electrical Engineering at Universidad Autónoma de MadridMsC Management of Technology, MsC Management of Technology at MIT Sloan School of ManagementEngineer Telecommunication Engineering, Engineer Telecommunication Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Spanish, English, French
Github Skills (2)
quorum9
nodejs8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
juliofaura/oilmeter
Dec 2019 - Mar 2025
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 3 months
juliofaura/raspaudio
May 2020 - Mar 2021
Contributions:28 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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