Before joining Brunswick in 2016, Andreas spent more than 30 years in journalism. He was Political Editor and columnist of the economic daily Financial Times Deutschland, held various positions at media outlets like Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Woche, and the Beijing-based magazine China Reconstructs. In 2003/04, Andreas has been spokesman of the Liberal Party in the parliament of Northrhine-Westfalia, and after quitting journalism he has advised companies and non-profit-organizations as a free-lance consultant on media relations.