Career
Prior to joining EGA, Hoekstra spent 26 years at Union Bank of Switzerland AG and PaineWebber, one of the Swiss bank"s predecessor firms. In February 2011, Marten Hoekstra joined New York-based Emerging Global Advisors as Chief Executive Officer. The firm was founded in September 2008 by Robert Holderith who serves as President and Head of Product Development.
Through the EGShares brand, EGA offers core, thematic, and sector emerging market ETFs.
Hoekstra’s career at Union Bank of Switzerland AG and PaineWebber, which began in 1982, included roles as a financial advisor and in executive management in the United States and Switzerland. In July 2005, five years after PaineWebber was acquired by Union Bank of Switzerland, Hoekstra was named Head of the Wealth Management business in the United States. He was subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer of Wealth Management Americas (World Marketing Alliance) and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Global Wealth Management & Business Banking.
When he left Union Bank of Switzerland in October 2009, World Marketing Alliance had approximately $700 billion in client assets and 18,000 employees. Hoekstra previously served as a Director of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).
He graduated from the University of North Dakota with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and earned a Masters in Business Administration from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Hoekstra serves on the board of Prison Fellowship Ministries and the Zurich International School Foundation.