Julio Esteban Linares López is a Spanish businessperson who has been at the helm of 5 different companies.

He is Member-Social Council at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Member of Spanish Association of Telecommunication Engineers and Member of Colegio Oficial Ingenieros De Telecomunicación and on the board of 9 other companies.

In his past career he was President for Producciones Multitematicas SA, Vice Chairman & Vice President at Telefónica SA Executive Chairman at Telefónica Móviles España SA, Chairman at Telefónica Cable SA, Chief Executive Officer of Telefonica Multimedia SAC and General Manager of Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo SA (which are all subsidiaries of Telefónica SA) and Director-Human Resources for Diageo Africa Plc.

He received an undergraduate degree from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.