Andrew is embracing his more creative side with a move into landscape design, following a successful first career in financial services. After graduating from Oxford University with a degree in Chemistry in the late 1990s, he worked for many years as an asset manager for a boutique investment firm. As part of this he frequently travelled overseas and was a regular visitor to Japan, amongst many other destinations. It was Japan that remained foremost in his imagination, with the nation’s appreciation for simplicity in design and high-quality workmanship as well as an obsession with ‘kaizen’, or ‘continuous improvement’. Ultimately, having repressed his creativity for too long, he made the decision to pursue an alternative path which led him to study for a Diploma in Garden Design at the Yorkshire School of Garden Design where he graduated with a Distinction and in 2023 he joined Alistair W Baldwin Studio as a landscape designer.

Andrew brings attention to detail, practicality and natural design flair to his work. He also still gets to put his amazing Excel skills to occasional use!