Mara brings a unique blend of knowledge, experience and advocacy for Financial Advisors to her role as Market Head. Mara began her career on the investment side in the equity business, later moving onto the liability side, driving the lending business, before becoming the Head of National Sales for Wealth Management. Recognized as a leader in the organization, Mara has been the recipient of internal leadership awards as well as being inducted into the YWCA-NYC Academy of Women Achievers. She brings this leadership, experience and advocacy to the Soundview Market.
As a Managing Director and Market Head of the Soundview Market, Mara has consistently outperformed for nearly a decade building and growing the Market of choice for high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients as well as employees. She is committed to efficiency, developing applicable solutions, and using a wide variety of resources and strategies to assist Financial Advisors in their growth. As an active Leadership Council Member and now facilitator of Leading the Future, Mara proves to focus her efforts on strengthening the industry’s leaders in hopes of achieving the premier wealth management experience for all. Mara’s combination of culture, strong sense of client focus and ability in helping Financial Advisors speaks volumes to her success in the field.
In her previous role as Head of National Sales for Wealth Management Americas, Mara oversaw the management and coordination of the firm’s sales strategy in partnership with senior leadership, field management and other key stakeholders across UBS AG. Among her accomplishments was building—from ground up best-in-class coaching and teaming platforms.
Prior to leading National Sales, Mara served as National Sales Manager for UBS Banking and Transactional Solutions, directing all aspects of the sales organizations within banking, lending, equities, structured products and taxable fixed income.
Mara has chaired the Wealth Management Advisory Committee, which is the senior field advisory council responsible for determining strategic initiatives, policies and procedures for the firm. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the UBS Trust Company and serves on its Fiduciary Committee. Mara has extensive senior governance experience domestically and globally, serving on the Wealth Management business development committees, co-chairing the Education and Development Governance Committee, Wealth Management Americas, and as a committee member of UBS’s All Bar None Women’s Network. An experienced media spokesperson, with numerous appearances on major news broadcasts and publications, Mara is adept at assisting advisors in client acquisition meetings.
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AR, CT, FL, MA, NJ, NY, PA, UT