Speakers Chanelle McCoy

Dynamic entrepreneur, award-winning business leader, and trailblazer in the pharmaceutical and wellness industries. Chanelle is shaping the future of wellness, family, and entrepreneurship and trailblazing the Middle East with innovation, purpose, and heart.

 

From leading her family’s pharmaceutical business into 96 global markets to being an investor on Dragons’ Den Ireland TV series, Chanelle has carved her own path to success. Named one of Ireland’s most influential businesswomen, she was awarded the All-Ireland Business Champion Award (2018) and ranked No. 23 in the “50 Incredible People Shaping Modern Ireland.”

Chanelle will share the remarkable journey of launching Pureis, her pioneering synthetic CBD brand — and how she became the first to have a CBD product classified as a food supplement by the Saudi FDA, setting a global precedent. Her innovative work has unlocked entry into markets across the Middle East, including product registration for topical CBD in the UAE.

Beyond boardrooms and breakthroughs, Chanelle will reflect on the realities of balancing high-level ambition with authenticity and motherhood — including many knock backs along the way breaking the Middle East.