Andy Barker

Andy Barker is a UK based Trainer, Author, Public Speaker and certified Coach with a strong background in corporate senior management. He is a director of Mind Fitness and has written with co-director Beth Wood UNLOCK YOU, published by Pearson.

Andy’s early career was in the entertainment industry. Whilst General Manager of a music production company he was recruited to join a small speculative start-up department of Sony. The start-up became Sony’s PlayStation division, Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe, where he spent twenty amazing, fast paced years in the senior management team.

PlayStation, of course, enjoyed meteoric growth. This fast changing, challenging and highly rewarding environment enabled Andy to gain diverse global business experience. At Sony, he served as a board director of the industry trade body UKIE and sat on the Executive Board of the Government-led body The UK Council for Child Internet Safety. At Sony Andy acquired knowledge and skills that have been invaluable in establishing two companies that span a wide range of markets and require a heavily people-centred approach.

It was at PlayStation that Andy's fascination in personal development and mentoring became a passion that led him to formally train in his specialisation of Cognitive Behavioural Coaching. Andy left Sony to establish his companies Mind Fitness Learning and Andy Barker Coaching.

ABC provides business training and one to one coaching to a variety of sectors. Mind Fitness harnesses neuroscience to teach life-changing cognitive skills that allow people to be happier and more effective by getting out of their own way. The Mind Fitness teams work with a variety of organisations from corporates to charities to help workforces reduce stress, build resilience and boost performance. Teams working in schools using the programmes designed by Andy and Beth to reduce anxiety and release potential, are funded by Children in Need.