Vantage UAV

After graduating from University of Bristol in 1995 in Economics & Statistics ( BSc) he stayed in Bristol and became a Recruitment Manager for Glotel Plc. He then successfully founded a medical recruitment company in Birmingham and a Property Development/ Construction company managing up to 50 staff. After spending a lot of time in his beloved city of New York, Jon decided to become a Software Sales Consultant for Siemens Plc, selling Application Lifecycle Management Software as a Service solutions for Fortune 500 companies before becoming a Software Solution Consultant for an IT & Media Company working in the City of London. With the ultimate goal of moving to the States he then set up VantageUAV with Richard in 2016 with full responsibility for the Front Office/ Sales and establishing Strategic Partner Relationships with clients. Jon is a keen Wolverhampton Wanderers Football supporter, avid NY Jets fan, golf lover and pool/ chess player.

Richard’s entire career has consisted of ‘Front Office’ focused activities. Having graduated from University he moved into the Financial Services sector as an Independent Financial Advisor and Employee Benefits Consultant within private practice. Achieving role of Regional Director by his mid-twenties he assisted with the growth of the franchise by opening six satellite franchises across the UK - 7 years. Richard then established his own business with two other partners in Executive Search recruitment (within Banking and Financial Services). – 14 years. In capacity of Group M.D. he built a company of over forty staff across a franchise of four UK offices and one overseas (RSA). Working on Exclusive and retained mandates with C-Level Officers his clients included Bulge Bracket and Blue Chip companies such as Goldman Sachs, Barclays Capital, BNP Pariba, BAM, Aviva, Standard Life, Et al. Having left the Financial Services sector Richard established his own Property Development Company, Successfully completing and Project Managing numerous developments (where he met Jon). With a shared interest in new markets and technology they also established Vantage UAV in 2016.

With a long history in business development and account management for major blue-chip organisations Tom has a wealth of experience in both searching for new business and maintaining existing commercial relationships for companies such as Xerox, Lexmark Tektronics and Heinz in the FMCG sector. He also ran his own company in the automotive consultancy sector. A passion for Aviation resulted in achieving the PPL (A) in the late 90`s. (Light aircraft pilots’ licence) Tom entered the “drone space” in 2015/16 and operated a commercial UAV inspection company with the acquisition of the Full CAA PfCO – achieving the highest score in class. Currently acting as Operations Director for an international UAV company, he is responsible for interacting with the front office function and directly with the pilot teams and clients to ensure the smooth, safe and efficient UAV / data capture operations.