Why us

We bring the experience to make AI work in your business

We have spent our careers working out how businesses really operate and become more valuable, and building the software and AI that run inside them. We now bring both to making AI specific to your organisation

The team

The Vantage Founding Team

James Hancock

Co-Founder & CEO

A decade in strategy, transactions, and operations, focusing on what moves the dial and generates returns in investor-backed organisations

Former BCG Principal in the Private Equity & Principal Investors team across the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Australia

Jan-Willem Van Lancker

Co-Founder & Head of Sales

Five years alongside investment and management teams on transactions, strategy, and value creation plans, helping to improve business value

Former BCG Project Leader in the Private Equity & Principal Investors team across Belgium and the Netherlands

François Blom

Co-Founder & Head of Delivery

Brings AI and business together: three years of transactions and value creation work with investor-backed companies, and a research MSc in AI

Former BCG Consultant in the Private Equity & Principal Investors team across the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom

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Incoming CTO

Co-Founder & CTO

Over twenty years building and shipping software at scale, from leading engineering teams to deploying enterprise cloud and AI solutions

Most recently an AI architect at Microsoft, focusing on enterprise AI deployments and applications

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