About

Patrick Duriaux is an international bestselling author, podcaster, speaker, founder, and HR and organizational development leader with more than twenty years of experience across Europe and beyond.

His career has focused on cross-generational leadership, mentoring, knowledge transfer, executive coaching, and the human side of organizational life.

Patrick is a certified Intelligent Leadership Master Coach, trained and certified through John Mattone’s executive coaching methodology. Mattone is a globally recognized executive coach and former coach to Steve Jobs. Patrick is also a certified Mental Health First Aider.

Through his international bestselling book, Where Is Alice?, his BrightBond podcast, and ALTO, the app he founded to connect generations, Patrick explores one of today’s most pressing human challenges: loneliness and social disconnection — and the role meaningful human connection can play in wellbeing and healthy longevity.

Based in Zurich, Switzerland, Patrick brings together more than two decades of leadership experience with a deeply human mission: to help build a world in which no one feels invisible.

Patrick’s mission is simple: to make human connection part of how we think about health, longevity, and a meaningful life.

His work seeks to move the conversation about loneliness beyond awareness,  toward action. By bringing generations together and encouraging meaningful relationships, Patrick challenges individuals, organizations, and communities to recognize human connection as an essential part of wellbeing and healthy longevity.

At the heart of everything he does is one belief:

No one should feel invisible.

Patrick believes that addressing loneliness requires moving beyond awareness to action.

His international bestselling book, Where Is Alice?, raises awareness and explores the human stories behind loneliness and connection. BrightBond extends that conversation by bringing together diverse voices and generations, while Patrick’s speaking work brings these ideas into companies, conferences, and communities.

At the heart of the practical solution is ALTO.cool, the app Patrick founded to connect generations through fun and meaningful social activities, sharing a coffee, going for a walk, visiting a museum, playing a game, or simply enjoying a conversation.

Together, these initiatives share one purpose: turning awareness into action and creating more opportunities for genuine human connection.