Andrea’s most recent full-time executive role was as President of International Production for Sony Pictures Television and President of International for Sony Pictures Entertainment, based in London. She oversaw Sony’s 18 international production companies, responsible for nearly 1,300 hours of content each year across multiple genres, markets and platforms. Among her many achievements, she championed The Crown into the Sony portfolio, a series that went on to win multiple Golden Globes and become one of the defining global scripted dramas of its era. In her broader Sony Pictures Entertainment role, she advised on strategy and matters impacting international production, helping shape how the studio positioned itself in a rapidly evolving global content landscape.

Earlier, Andrea served as President & CEO of Lifetime Networks, leading Lifetime Television, Lifetime Movie Network, Lifetime Real Women and Lifetime Digital. During her tenure she drove record revenues and profits, expanded Lifetime’s digital presence, and led a major rebranding effort, overseeing hits such as Army Wives and spearheading the acquisition of Project Runway, while taking revenues and profits to record levels. Before that she was Executive Vice President, Alternative Programming, Specials and Late Night at ABC, where she developed franchise-defining formats including The Bachelor, the U.S. version of Dancing with the Stars and the Emmy Award-winning Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

A trained engineer and strategist, Andrea holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. She is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and a member of the Committee of 100, and has previously served as a Governor of the British Film Institute, a Trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts, and a Member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council. She has also been recognised among The Hollywood Reporter’s “100 Most Powerful Women in Entertainment” (2006–2009) and was named a “Woman to Watch” by Fortune magazine (2008).