Andrew has a rich history in environmentalism overlapping into optics. With an MSc in Ecology & Environmental Management, Andrew spent years as a multi-award-winning independent filmmaker working with government agencies, charities and communities addressing some of the most pressing issues at the crossroads of environment and society.

Meanwhile, he was a part of his family’s business, Practice Building, delivering support to the independent optical sector in all manners of business and communications. In 2023 Andrew co-founded the not-for-profit organisation Net Zero Eyecare with the mission of steering the optical industry towards meaningful sustainability, and has been delivering the Optician-Award-Winning Net Zero Optics programme to a wide range of businesses, from Practices to Suppliers and Manufacturers, ever since. In 2025, Andrew became a Co-Founder of Frame The Future - The Responsible Eyewear Alliance, along with Johanna Skans and Xenia Glutz von Blotzheim.

Frame The Future seeks to unite the eyewear industry around common standards of sustainability best practice, and to stimulate cooperation and collaboration within the supply chain, to bring about a better, sustainable, tomorrow. He’s a passionate environmentalist with a deep understanding of optics, and is asking you to do no more than your bit to save the world.