Andre commenced his carreer in Vidal Sasson, Toronto Canada in 1973 as a juniour trainee. By 1976 he achieved stylist status and was part of the educational and training programs in salon. Also as part of the artistic team performed in shows and photo shoots. During this period achieved the government Colleges and Universities diploma for Hairdressing, Ontario Canada. At the end of 1978 transferred to the Vidal Sasson Hong Kong Salon as a senior stylist and trainer for staff. After six months took over as manager.

During this period he took over the premises and with partner Norman McLeod started the Andre Norman Salon. Over the next fifteen years opened three more salons. Responsibilities for this period included salon promotions, photo shoots, management and training of staff.

'With the arrival of 1994 a decision was
made by the co-owners to sell the premises of their venture and basically retire before the handover of Hong Kong to China.

After retiring to Italy for a period of eight years Andre decided to go to London to produce educational programmes with former employee and associate Nergish Wadia-Austin by translating her training modules onto video and DVD's under a newly set up company Salon Standards Ltd.