Marga Hoek is a globally recognized business thinker, three-time CEO, international board member, advisor and investor. She brings a distinctive perspective on the forces reshaping business and the global economy—from sustainable business and investment to AI and advanced technologies, geopolitics and a new era of leadership.
Recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the world’s top 30 management thinkers and consistently ranked among Thinkers360’s global thought leaders, Marga is known for translating major global shifts into concrete opportunities for growth, innovation and competitive advantage.
She is the three-time Gold award-winning author of New Economy Business(2014), The Trillion Dollar Shift (2019), the first book to translate the UN Sustainable Development Goals into business opportunities, and Tech for Good (2024) which explores how advanced technologies—including AI, robotics, digital platforms and other breakthrough innovations—can unlock new markets and accelerate solutions to the world’s greatest challenges.
Drawing on extensive boardroom and CEO experience, Marga connects developments that are too often considered separately. She explores how technology, geopolitics, resource scarcity, strategic autonomy, investment and sustainability are collectively changing markets, business models and competitive positions—and what leaders can do today to capture the opportunities ahead.
Through her global research platform and extensive network of business leaders, investors, innovators and technology companies, she continuously identifies front-running companies and emerging business models across continents. A dedicated research capability ensures that every keynote is uniquely tailored to the audience, industry and latest global developments.
A sought-after keynote speaker at the highest international levels—from G20 and COP summits to global leadership forums and Fortune 500 boardrooms—Marga combines a compelling vision of what comes next with powerful real-world business cases. Her keynotes challenge conventional thinking, inspire action and demonstrate how companies can turn the defining shifts of our time into growth, resilience and long-term value creation.
Marga Hoek is a globally recognized business thinker, three-time CEO, international board member, advisor and investor. She brings a distinctive perspective on the forces reshaping business and the global economy—from sustainable business and investment to AI and advanced technologies, geopolitics and a new era of leadership.
Recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the world’s top 30 management thinkers and consistently ranked among Thinkers360’s global thought leaders, Marga is known for translating major global shifts into concrete opportunities for growth, innovation and competitive advantage.
She is the three-time Gold award-winning author of New Economy Business(2014), The Trillion Dollar Shift (2019), the first book to translate the UN Sustainable Development Goals into business opportunities, and Tech for Good (2024) which explores how advanced technologies—including AI, robotics, digital platforms and other breakthrough innovations—can unlock new markets and accelerate solutions to the world’s greatest challenges.
Drawing on extensive boardroom and CEO experience, Marga connects developments that are too often considered separately. She explores how technology, geopolitics, resource scarcity, strategic autonomy, investment and sustainability are collectively changing markets, business models and competitive positions—and what leaders can do today to capture the opportunities ahead.
Through her global research platform and extensive network of business leaders, investors, innovators and technology companies, she continuously identifies front-running companies and emerging business models across continents. A dedicated research capability ensures that every keynote is uniquely tailored to the audience, industry and latest global developments.
A sought-after keynote speaker at the highest international levels—from G20 and COP summits to global leadership forums and Fortune 500 boardrooms—Marga combines a compelling vision of what comes next with powerful real-world business cases. Her keynotes challenge conventional thinking, inspire action and demonstrate how companies can turn the defining shifts of our time into growth, resilience and long-term value creation.
