Chanelle McCoy

Award Winning

Chanelle Medical and Chanelle Veterinary develop and manufacture generic (‘copycat’) drugs, holding more than 1,500 medical product licenses in over 80 countries. They have won many awards, including Exporter of the Year 2016, Life Sciences Exporter of the Year 2016, Export Innovation of the Year 2016, winner of ‘Project of the Year’ at the Pharma Industry Awards 2016 and the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Award 2015.

Chanelle McCoy: Horsing Around

The 41-year-old is married to Sir AP McCoy OBE, champion jump jockey for 20 years and voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2010. When he retired in 2015, AP was awarded the BBC’s Lifetime Achievement Award and was knighted by the Queen for his services to horse racing. Chanelle and AP have two children, Eve and Archie. Chanelle McCoy also reveals during her speaking engagements what it’s like to live with such a highly driven and determined sportsman.

TV Dragon

Having been recognised as a successful businesswoman in her own right, Chanelle McCoy joined Dragons’ Den in Ireland. She enjoys sharing her experience of scaling up a business and taking it to global markets, as well as giving opportunities to entrepreneurs who are the future of industries. Chanelle co-presents for other TV stations such as the BBC and is also an ambassador for a number of race days and for the charity Tiny Tickers. Chanelle’s love for business has also seen her branch out into the fashion industry. In 2014, Chanelle McCoy and five partners opened the doors of Mojo & McCoy, a successful boutique in Berkshire.

Chanelle McCoy: Speaker

Chanelle McCoy is a popular business, leadership and motivational speaker, due to her experience of heading up Ireland’s largest pharmaceutical company – being responsible for over 400 people and turning over in excess of €100m. She is also a huge supporter of women in business and mentoring young entrepreneurs. Her keynote and after-dinner speeches, Q&A sessions and leadership workshops cover a vast number of subjects, such as growing a business on a global scale, time management, career pressures, work-life balance and teamwork using your initiative.

Chanelle is an accomplished motivational speaker, and topics include the following:

• How to grow and develop a business
• The key to success
• Decision-making
• Overcoming challenges
• Leadership and teamwork
• Inspiring others
• Motivation
• Supporting women in business
• Maintaining a work-life balance
• Her marriage to one of the UK’s most successful sportsmen
• Her TV work (i.e., her role as a dragon on Dragons’ Den)
• The fashion industry