Published: February 19, 2026 at 7:51 am
Tributes have been paid to Tim Corke, chief operating officer of UK FinTech Token.io, who died after a freak fall.
After doctors told the father-of-five’s devastated family that he wouldn’t survive they agreed that his organs could be donated to save the lives of six strangers.
Last Friday he was able to donate his heart, lungs, kidneys, pancreas and liver in six life-saving operations.
His sister Nicki Martin, founder of Buzzio, said: “Whilst we experienced this tragedy, six families got given a second chance at life.
“This would have meant the world to him, and it certainly does to us. It’s the most comforting thing we have right now.”
Corke, who previously worked at eMerit, Monitise and Bottonline Technologies, joined Token.io in 2020.
Token.io is a leading account-to-account (A2A) payment infrastructure provider and has offices in London and Berlin.
His sister Nicki Martin revealed how her brother suffered catastrophic head injuries in a ‘freak accident’.
“A simple stumble that could have happened to anyone,” she wrote on social media. “His head took the impact.
“We were told last Wednesday (after the most traumatic week by his bedside) that he wouldn’t make it.”
She said she hoped her brother’s actions would inspire other people to became organ donors.