Ľuboš Lopatka graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava. From 1998 to 2010, he held leading positions in several multinational paper companies. In the years 2010 to 2012, during the government of Iveta Radičová, he was the general director of the Social Insurance Company. Subsequently, between 2013 and 2017, he was the general director of the Svet zdravia hospital network. During his era, the network grew from 8 to 17 hospitals and the construction of a new hospital in Michalovce began. Later he headed the Welding Research Institute. Since May 2020, he has been working as the CEO and chairman of the board of the state company MH Manažment. In May 2022, he assumed the position of general director of Bory Hospital. In 2012, he won the Manager of the Year award in the Trend TOP poll.