A graduate in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETHZ) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from IMD in Lausanne Switzerland.

Andreas Koopmann began his career in 1979 as Assistant to the Chairman and CEO of Bruno Piatti AG, Switzerland, and from 1980 to 1982 was Assistant to a Group Executive at Motor Columbus AG, Holding, Switzerland. From 1982, he was at Bobst Group, starting as Vice President of Engineering and Manufacturing in Roseland, New Jersey, USA. In 1989, he returned to Switzerland, holding a number of senior positions in the company, including member of the Group Executive Committee in charge of Manufacturing. He was a member of the Board of Directors for Bobst Group from 1998 to 2002 and was appointed as CEO in 1995, a position he held until May 2009. As of 2010, Andreas Koopmann was appointed Chairman of Alstom (Suisse) S.A. and Country President of the Group.

Presently, he serves as First Vice Chairman of Nestlé SA in Switzerland and Vice Chairman of Swissmem in Switzerland and as Board member of Credit Suisse Group, Switzerland, CSD Group, Switzerland and Georg Fischer AG, Switzerland.