Family run since 2015

Vantage is a family run MAP business, established in 2015 primarily to provide Smart Metering asset infrastructure to domestic energy suppliers. Fundamentally, Vantage is a meter asset ownership and rental business, where meter assets are installed at the homes of end-user customers and are rented to the Energy Supplier that supplies gas and electricity to the household.

Vantage has built strong relationships over a number of years with established industry supply chain partners to carry out smart meter upgrades on behalf of energy suppliers. Vantage has contracts with a number of energy suppliers for the roll-out of smart meters, with a portfolio of approximately 225,000 meters under management.

Our Journey

The Vantage Meters journey started back in 2015 and since then, over 220k meters have been installed all over the UK, across both first and second generation smart metering equipment. Have a look at a timeline of our story so far.

2016
  • Vantage Meters Investments established.
  • Funded and installed 1000 first-generation smart meters (SMETS1)
2017
  • Raised £10m in bank debt funding
2018
  • Funded and installed 100K first-generation smart meters (SMETS1)
  • Refinanced, raising £23.3m in bank debt funding
2019
  • Refinanced, raising £32.5m in bank debt funding
2020
  • Funded and installed 200K first-generation smart meters (SMETS1)
  • Funded and installed our first second-generation smart meters (SMETS2)
  • Amended and raised £37.5m in bank debt funding

Our Team

Tim Bowden

Managing Director
  • Tim founded Vantage Meters back in 2015.
  • Prior to starting Vantage, Tim started his career at Macquarie Bank, and spent 13 years in infrastructure finance. Following moving to the UK in 2000, he worked on a number of transactions as both advisor and principal, including the Privatisation of London Underground and the acquisition of Energy Assets.
  • Tim then worked at InfraRed Capital Partners where he was the Portfolio Director of a £500 million unlisted secondary market fund. At IRCP, he initially worked on the divestment of their second Infrastructure Development Fund, that resulted in the establishment of the new fund, that Tim went on to manage for two years.
  • Tim holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Science degrees, both from Macquarie University.

Stephanie Bowden

Marketing Director
  • Stephanie joined Vantage Meters at its inception in 2015.
  • Prior to joining Vantage, Stephanie was the Business Development Advisor for the Banking department of Norton Rose (now Norton Rose Fulbright). She worked with the head partners to design an effective marketing plan, both strategy and communications. She led a team of project managers to develop and implement the marketing and communication projects including web and print based marketing material, advertising, events and bids.
  • Prior to Norton Rose, she worked in a similar capacity at Allen and Overy for their Private Equity, Insurance, Bioscience and Financial Institutions groups, and also at Eversheds, for their Corporate and Litigations practice.
  • Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from Macquarie University.

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