About us

Independent advisors who stay accountable for outcomes

We started Vantage in 2014 because too many organisations were being sold technology they didn't need by people who wouldn't be there when it broke. We do it differently.

Our story

Built on straight talk and follow-through

Vantage Tech Advisors was founded by a small group of former CTOs, security leads and engineers who had grown frustrated watching good organisations make expensive technology mistakes — usually for want of independent, plain-English advice.

Eleven years on, we're a team of 35 across London and Manchester, serving clients from fast-growing scale-ups to NHS trusts and FTSE-listed groups. We've stayed deliberately mid-sized: large enough to deliver serious programmes, small enough that a partner answers when you call.

We don't resell software. We don't earn commissions. We earn repeat business — which is why 98% of our clients come back.

2014
Founded
35
Team members
2
UK offices
240+
Engagements
What we stand for

Five principles we won't compromise on

01

Independence, always

No reseller margins, no kickbacks. Our advice is shaped by your interests and nothing else.

02

Seniority on the ground

The experts who win the work are the experts who do the work. No junior bait-and-switch.

03

Plain English

If we can't explain it to your board in a sentence, we don't understand it well enough yet.

04

Leave you stronger

Knowledge transfer is built into every engagement. We're proud to make ourselves optional.

05

Measure what matters

Every recommendation ties back to a metric your business actually cares about.

Leadership

The people you'll work with

A leadership team that has built, secured and scaled technology at organisations you'll recognise.

DC

Daniel Carrington

Founder & Managing Partner

Former Group CTO in financial services. Leads strategy and advisory engagements.

PN

Priya Nair

Partner, Cloud & Infrastructure

20 years in enterprise infrastructure; certified across AWS, Azure and GCP.

MO

Marcus Oduya

Partner, Cybersecurity

CISSP, CISM. Former NCSC-aligned security lead for critical national infrastructure.

EH

Eleanor Hartley

Partner, Data & AI

PhD in machine learning; built analytics platforms for retail and healthcare at scale.

Credentials & memberships

Accredited, certified and accountable

We hold the standards we help our clients achieve — and we're members of the bodies that keep our industry honest.

Cyber Essentials Plus

Independently certified

ISO 27001

Information security

ISO 9001

Quality management

Crown Commercial Supplier

G-Cloud framework

techUK member

Industry association

Living Wage employer

Accredited

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Let's find out whether we're the right partner for what you're trying to achieve.