The Managing Director of Open Door Consulting, Andrew Soter is a previous staffer to various Queensland State Labor Government Ministers including the former Premier, the honourable Peter Beattie and current Premier, the honourable Anna Bligh. He has also worked across many state government departments and has established key contacts throughout the state bureaucracy.

Andrew works on behalf of private sector clients who need to interface with government at the local, state or federal levels. Andrew deals primarily with the Queensland, New South Wales and Victorian state governments, the federal government and various local government authorities.

Throughout his career Andrew has developed high level skills in the field of professional communications. He has developed thorough and successful communication programs in sales and relationship building and conducts presentations to industry on professional communication techniques.

Andrew has high level expertise in assisting large Queensland, national and international companies to lobby state and federal governments and to formulate pathways through the bureaucracy.

Andrew is very well regarded by all sides of politics.