After gaining an engineering degree in 1984, Andrew joined Renault Trucks as a graduate trainee – but soon moved to Aston Martin Lagonda where he worked as a designer, development engineer and finally project engineer. The next step was a development engineer at Lotus Engineering, Project engineer at MSX Europe (for Ford and Volvo / Renault), back to Lotus Engineering (for GME), and Ricardo (for Saab as Project manager, and Renault Sport).

This background has given Andrew a unique blend of whole vehicle engineering (Aston Martin Virage Vantage was his first programme) looking at not only engine but drive line, suspension, body structure, fuel systems and thermal management. The ability to consider whole vehicle implications makes this blend of skills unique – traditionally engineers specialise in a given area and rarely gain this type of holistic knowledge.

In 2004 Andrew moved to MIRRC Thatcham, looking after advanced model planning as well as spending three years running the group that produced ‘escribe’ times / methods, resulting in a dramatic increase in data output. To a great extent this relied on knowing what was happening amongst the vehicle manufacturers, tracking the technology into the market and strategizing the methods coverage accordingly. During the latter part of 2010 Andrew was directed to put together the first UK Insurance Industry telematics core data protocol, which was then offered to all insurers for discussion.

In 2011 Andrew became a founder member of Auto Industry Consulting Ltd, together with Ben Cardy.