Appointed Executive Director of Tate Liverpool in 2006, she led the management and development of the gallery until May 2018. She has national board experience at Arts Council England (North), the Crafts Council and The Audience Agency, as well as serving on the Visitor Economy Board for the City Region LEP from 2011–18. Prior to moving to Liverpool, Andrea was Director of Development for the Tate in London from 1998–2006, playing a key role in the creation of both Tate Modern and Tate Britain.

As an independent consultant and as an associate with Counterculture and People Make it Work consultancies she works with a range of clients on strategic cultural planning and placemaking, including Liverpool City Council, the Old Vic Theatre, Marketing Cheshire, The Box Plymouth, Tees Valley Combined Authority, English National Ballet, Turner Contemporary, St Helens Council, Middlesbrough Cultural Partnership and National Museums Liverpool.

Andrea is currently Chair of the V&A Dundee Advisory Council, Chair of the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Theatres and a Trustee of Harewood House Trust. She was awarded the MBE for services to the arts in 2019.