Who is Andrew Soter?
Andrew started working for Open Door Consulting in 2005 and took ownership of the company in January 2008 when the founder of the Business Greg Rudd decided to leave the industry.

After leaving school, Andrew went straight into politics working for the then Deputy Leader of the State Opposition and joining his Ministerial Staff when he became Deputy Premier in 1998. Over the next six years he worked for numerous Ministers across many portfolios including Education with the present Premier the Honorable Anna Bligh and finished his tenure with the former Premier Peter Beattie.

Why did Andrew take over the business?
After six years of being a ministerial staffer and three as the National Manager State and Local Governments for Open Door Consulting he has built up a wealth of contacts and experience and felt the challenge was well within his capabilities.

Andrew has a strong passion to help business reduce the ever expanding divide that seems to exist between the private and public sector.

By using his intimate understanding of government, the “inside” decision making process as opposed to what many may perceive is the “outside” one, identifying key people of influence and putting a strong, honest and strategic case forward helps to construct the foundation of success.

He also has a passion for communication and believes that Business to Business communication is an integral part of growth and prosperity. He has developed thorough and successful communication programs in sales and relationship building and conducts presentations to industry on professional communication techniques.

He works with a broad range of clients, from some of Australia’s largest companies to some small niche ones as well; he has a philosophy that no client is too big nor too small as long as they can convince him of their cause he will do all he can to leverage his Government and Business knowledge in order to help clients achieve success.