BCB Group Deputy CEO Tim Renew Highly Commended for Top 1% Leader of the Year Award 2025

BCB Group is delighted to announce that Tim Renew, Deputy CEO, has been Highly Commended for The Top 1% Leader of the Year Award in the Top 1% Workplace Awards 2025.

The award, which saw a record number of competitive entries this year, recognizes Tim’s profound and transformative leadership at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets.

Tim Renew has been a transformative force at BCB Group, a global fintech innovator leading the way in cryptocurrency and digital payments. 

Since joining BCB Group in July 2024, initially as Chief Revenue officer and now as deputy CEO, Tim has been instrumental in shaping BCB Group’s strategic direction, expanding its global footprint, and positioning it as a trusted infrastructure provider at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets. His leadership blends regulatory credibility with commercial innovation, making him a driving force behind institutional adoption of crypto payments.

A key achievement for Tim has been to spearhead the company’s aggressive growth initiatives, expanding BCB Group’s brand presence across Europe, Asia and the US through high-profile events like Token2049, Paris Blockchain Week, and Money20/20, forging relationships with key stakeholders and tailoring the company’s presence to regional market dynamics.

As Deputy CEO, he oversees sales, account management, customer success, support, and marketing – ensuring alignment across the entire customer journey. This holistic oversight has led to measurable improvements in onboarding, retention and client satisfaction. 

Tim’s leadership is founded on a blueprint to grow BCB Group’s reputation and product offerings globally. His strategy is defined by a clear vision: to establish BCB Group as the leading institutional payments provider bridging fiat and digital assets, recognising the growing demand for compliant, scalable infrastructure in the crypto space.

Tim’s strength is rooted in his ability to navigate challenges with agility and foresight. His leadership during periods of market uncertainty has kept BCB Group on a steady growth trajectory, balancing innovation with risk management.

Under his guidance, BCB Group secured European E-Money Institution and Digital Asset Service Provider status in France, a major regulatory milestone that enhances the company’s credibility and unlocks new market opportunities. This achievement reflects Tim’s commitment to building a payments ecosystem that meets the highest standards of compliance while enabling real-time, cross-border transactions.

A track record of success

Prior to joining BCB Group, Tim’s track record of investment success proved that nominative determinism truly exists in the financial services world. Renew by name, renew by nature. 

His background highlights repeated successes in refreshing the commercial appeal of fintechs to a position where they’ve successfully enticed over 85 million in investment from Bank of America, Citibank, National Australia Bank, PayPal and others.  

Meanwhile, at Cloud.IQ and Banked, he scaled teams and operations across multiple continents, leading to strategic investments and market leadership.

 Leadership strategies and philosophy  

At the heart of Tim’s leadership is a commitment to fostering an environment of innovation, inclusion and excellence, one in which teams are empowered to take ownership and drive impact. His leadership style is collaborative and transparent, creating alignment across departments and geographies.

Tim’s emphasis on strategic event engagement has also strengthened team cohesion. By involving cross-functional teams in global conferences and client engagements, he ensures that BCB Group’s commercial strategy is informed by diverse perspectives and grounded in real-world insights.

He champions the use of in-house analytics and revenue operations to measure campaign success, optimise onboarding, and refine go-to-market strategies.  

“We need to get the analysis, the data, and run specific campaigns around when products are being released and when events are happening,” he says. “Only then can we understand how we are going to pursue a segment.”

As a youngster, his ambition was to join the military and more recently, he joined the Army Reserves to later be selected for officer training. A keen sportsman, Renew has competed in ultra marathons, Ironman triathlons and he is also an accomplished climber.  Tim brings to his role a “work hard, play hard” ethos rooted in military discipline and endurance sports – a mindset he applies to building resilient, high-achieving teams. 

Leadership approach

Tim’s approach begins with listening and observation. Before executing change, he identifies quick wins and streamlines inefficiencies, ensuring that transformation is both strategic and sustainable. This mindset has enabled BCB Group to adapt quickly to evolving client needs and regulatory landscapes.

A key part of his industry influence is how he has emerged as a thought leader and advocate for institutional crypto adoption on behalf of BCB Group. His presence at global conferences helps deepen our market understanding, forges commercial relationships, and tailors BCB’s presence to each region’s ecosystem. Tim leverages these platforms to share insights on regulatory trends, infrastructure challenges, and the future of digital payments, contributing to broader industry progress.

Target driven, he is all about discipline and high stakes achievement. And in BCB Group, he’s found a business that mirrors his own ambitions. 

“My background is building companies from nothing,” he says. “I’ve always loved the crypto industry and wanted to get into it. I’d seen that BCB Group was already extremely successful and had attracted interest from some of the biggest names in the industry. It’s exciting as the markets are changing and competition builds, to be responsible for building structure and scaling that. BCB has a great customer base, supported by talented staff.”