Labelled ‘Mr Network’ by The Sun, Andy Lopata was recently called one of Europe’s leading business networking strategists by Mike Southon in the Financial Times. The co-author of two books on networking, Andy is a featured columnist the US magazine ‘The National Networker’ and also has a regular column in a number of business magazines in the UK as well as being quoted in national press, including The Sunday Times and The Guardian.For eight years, Andy was Managing Director of UK network Business Referral Exchange. Andy has since worked with companies from one-man bands to organisations such as NatWest Bank, Merrill Lynch, Retail Trust, Currencies Direct and O2 to help them realise the full potential from their networking. He is also a former vice-president of the Professional Speakers Association.