About Andy

Andy Lopata is an internationally recognised authority on professional relationships, with more than 25 years of experience helping organisations and individuals unlock the commercial and cultural value of connection. The author of six books and co-host of The Connected Leadership Podcast, Andy is a regular contributor to Psychology Today and has written for Harvard Business Review, including a chapter in the HBR Guide to Retaining Your Best People.

Acknowledged globally for his expertise, Andy has been shortlisted for the 2025 Thinkers50 Coaching and Mentoring Award, underlining his reputation as one of the leading voices shaping the future of leadership development. He is also a Fellow of both the Professional Speaking Association and the Learning and Performance Institute, and a member of the Association of Business Mentors, the Society of Authors, and the Meetings Industry Association.

Andy’s innovative framework, The Relationship Matrix, equips leaders and teams to map, measure, and strengthen the professional relationships that drive collaboration, trust, and long-term results. His practical yet strategic approach has inspired audiences at organisations including PayPal, Google, Harrods, the BBC, and Saïd Business School, as well as governments around the world.

With a rare ability to blend research-based insights, engaging storytelling, and actionable tools, Andy helps organisations tackle some of today’s most pressing challenges—retention, collaboration across silos, and leadership trust. Event planners and business leaders book Andy not only for his global experience but also for his skill in making complex relationship dynamics accessible, memorable, and immediately applicable.

Andy’s approach to building professional relationships is about being a whole, authentic person. That covers sharing social information as well as professional. So here’s where you can get to know him a little better…

Outside work, Andy is an avid fan of Charlton Athletic Football Club – although he describes this as a “dubious pleasure”. He also follows other sports, including athletics, tennis, rugby union and cricket.

He also loves music. After growing up listening to The Doors, Hendrix, Lou Reed and Bowie, today his tastes range from classical to punk with everything in between. “Except Coldplay,” he stresses.

As well as attending sporting events and live music gigs, Andy often goes to the theatre and cinema.

At home, he has a passion for cooking, and claims to make a “mean chocolate truffle torte”.

He tries to keep in a reasonable shape by regularly walking, attending reformer pilates and playing padel tennis.

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

    Andy, thanks again for making our Balance HK event a huge success. The audience gave you their undivided attention and you could hear a pin drop when you were speaking. I have never witnessed that before, with a room of 170+ people!

    I worked with Andy at our recent internal Sales Conference in Barcelona. We face the challenge of extending our network, both internally within our own company but also within our client organisations and generating business through referrals.

    Andy came highly recommended from other industry experts and guest speakers and from the first phone call he has been great to do with business with.

    Andy is an expert public speaker – engaging, clearly delivering key messaging and interactive throughout. What most impressed me about Andy is his preparation and attention to detail both before and after the event. Andy offered a tailored approach, aligning his experience and advice based on the needs of Brother.

    I would certainly endorse Andy as someone who is easy to work with, very professional and personable, and ultimately someone that delivers results.

    As an international speaker on the topic of LinkedIn, I often have the privilege of sharing the stage with amazing Speakers. Business networking and referral marketing have always been a key part of my strategy for building my own business and are topics very close to my heart.

    I introduced Andy to one of my corporate clients to deliver a keynote on the subject of referrals, and he did not disappoint! His delivery to a multilingual audience, from over 20 countries in Barcelona was well paced and easy to understand. His topic and steps to achieving success in the area of referrals through your network were well delivered, inspiring and highly practical.

    In addition to being a GREAT speaker, Andy walks the talk, he lives and breathes his subject. He is a genuinely lovely individual, highly knowledgeable and someone that I am learning a great deal from, both on stage and off. Andy is highly professional and the feedback from my client was fantastic. Thanks for making me look great Andy, and for delivering exactly what my client was looking for.

    Maggie Suttie, Chair Balance Network, - HSBC Hong Kong

    Stephen Dickenson, Commercial Manager - Brother International Europe

    Sam Rathling, LinkedIn Expert, CEO - Linked Inbound

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