Andrew has had a wide-ranging career, which included working in the civil service at H.M. Treasury, as an international economist at Lloyds Bank and Smith New Court stockbrokers, and in fund management at Aviva Investors. From 2000 until 2020 he was Head of Global Strategy at Standard Life / Aberdeen Standard Investments.

Andrew is now an independent economist and investment consultant. He writes regularly on financial matters for Jackson Hole Economics, the Munix local authority platform, and the trade press. He is a board member for Devlin Mambo and the Asia Scotland Institute, sits on the investment committee of the Health Foundation endowment, is investment adviser to Balmoral Asset Management, and trustee at the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh.
Andrew remains involved with academia, having been a member of Court of Heriot Watt University, and also innovation, having been a Governing Board member of the Technology Strategy Board, now Innovate UK. He received an O.B.E. in 2015 for ‘services to innovation and the economy’.