Having graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Education, Audrey moved to Bristol University to take up a two year Graduate Assistant Lecturer post, undertaking research within the field of sports psychology. Following this, she left the higher education sector and moved into private industry where she held a number of roles within the pharmaceutical and product design industries, specialising in marketing.

After seven years she returned to education, taking up her first management role within the College sector at Edinburgh's Telford College. Audrey is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

In 1999, Audrey moved to a senior management position at Reid Kerr College in Paisley, and was promoted to her current post of Vice-Principal in January 2005. In January 2011 Audrey became Principal and Chief Executive of Reid Kerr College.

Audrey's appointment to SFC runs from 3 October 2009 until 2 October 2013.