Meet The TradeTech Solutions Team
Practical experience in international trade, digital platforms and global market development.
The TradeTech Solutions team develops and supports a portfolio of digital trade services designed to improve international visibility, engagement, and market access for SMEs.
These include:
- ExpoWorld – a global platform for multilingual market visibility and digital trade engagement
- Multilingual Microsites – enabling structured international discoverability
- The ExportersAlmanac – supporting structured export knowledge and indexed visibility
- The AEO Directory – strengthening trust and credibility in international supply chains
- ExpoUK and related national frameworks – enabling country-level trade platform deployment
Each service provides standalone value. Together, they form a coordinated trade enablement infrastructure.
TradeTech Solutions brings together expertise in:
- International banking
- Digital infrastructure and platform development
- Fintech and data-led systems
- Global trade promotion and SME internationalisation
This combination allows us to design and deliver practical, scalable solutions that help companies:
- Increase international visibility
- Connect with relevant partners
- Engage more effectively in cross-border markets
While technology is a key enabler, the focus is operational:
Turning international opportunities into measurable commercial outcomes.
At an institutional level, the same infrastructure supports:
- Trade promotion programmes
- Sector development initiatives
- National and regional trade platforms
This ensures that SME visibility and engagement can be:
- Structured
- Scalable
- Measurable
If you would like to explore how these services could support your organisation or company, please feel free to contact us.
Our work combines practical trade experience with the development of scalable digital infrastructure supporting SME internationalisation.
Ian Dunning – CEO
Email: ian.dunning@tradetech.cloud
Ian is a former international banker with HSBC. For more than 20 years he has been involved in the conception, design and development of online reference data portals and delivery systems for the international banking community, including SWIFT’s SWIFTRef business unit. In developing these systems he extended the use of payments reference data into platforms designed for corporate use, including payments and e-invoice validation systems.
Ian is also the author of books (in English and Italian) on how companies can gain commercial advantages from the internet.
For the past two years, Ian, together with Nick, has been working closely with ICC Ukraine supporting the design and development of the Rebuild Ukraine Portal and Global Export Promotion Programme.
Nick Daniel - COO
Nick is a seasoned IT professional with more than 30 years’ experience in the business development of IT platforms and services, principally within the financial services sector in the UK, Europe, Asia-Pac and Latin America. Successful and experienced in both start-up and mature company environments, he combines the benefits of entrepreneurial skill and innovation with structure, governance and process. He previously co-founded a fintech start-up and regularly undertakes consulting assignments for emerging companies and new market entrants.
For the past two years, Nick, together with Ian, has been working closely with ICC Ukraine supporting the design and development of the Rebuild Ukraine Portal and Global Export Promotion Programme.
Roel Crooijmans - Chief Innovation Officer
Email: roel.crooijmans@tradetech.cloud
As an entrepreneur, Roel focuses on simplifying business processes through digital transformation. Moving from paper-based processes to secure electronic data exchange, and enabling the ethical and legally compliant sharing of data, are key to simplifying and improving international business operations.
International e-invoicing, eCMR, blockchain and Peppol are among the innovations in which Roel is closely involved.
In his role as Chief Innovation Officer with TTS, Roel has found that the newest innovation in creating multilingual microsites also simplifies and innovates international business.
Andrew Foulds - Strategic Content & Partners
Email: andrew.foulds@tradetech.cloud
Andrew has worked in the reference data industry for more than 20 years and has held a number of international roles combining reference data expertise with commercial strategy. Andrew was formerly with SWIFT, where he was part of the management team of the reference data business line, SWIFTRef.
He was also responsible for partner strategy and served as Global Head of the SWIFTRef Partner Programme. Andrew has extensive experience developing and managing strategic partnerships and has led key projects with several payment infrastructures including the European Payments Council, Euro Banking Association, Pay UK, and the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland.
Flavio Caricasole – Italian Market
Email: flavio.caricasole@tradetech.cloud
Flavio was previously a senior banker with the UBI Banca Group, where he was responsible for International Trade and Payment Systems. He has deep expertise in correspondent banking, trade finance and cash management.
Flavio has also developed business intelligence tools for analysing interbank messaging traffic and created the Transaction Banking Lab, which connects banks’ requirements with fintech solutions available in the market.
In addition, he developed the Italian export portal Proexporters.