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June 15, 2018

By Nuritas

Dr. Nora Khaldi named a Women’s Executive Network 2018 Ireland’s Most Powerful Women: Top 25 Award Winner

 Dr. Nora Khaldi joins community of Ireland’s most iconic women leaders

We are pleased to announce Dr. Nora Khaldi, our Founder and Chief Scientific Officer has been named a Women’s Executive Network (WXN) 2018 Ireland’s Most Powerful Women: Top 25 Award Winner. The award was presented to Nora at an event that saw more than 400 industry leaders attend.

She was acknowledged as one of 25 of Ireland’s most influential and successful women for their achievements by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN).

“It’s an honour to be named Women’s Executive Network (WXN) 2018 Ireland’s Most Powerful Woman” said Dr Nora Khaldi, Founder and CSO, Nuritas™. “I hope the exciting and novel work we are doing, and my own background in STEM that lead to the creation of Nuritas™ will inspire future generations of female leaders and scientists.”

“We are celebrating 25 of Ireland’s highest achieving women in diverse fields,” said Sherri Stevens, CEO of WXN.

Every year the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) identifies and celebrates the outstanding work of 25 Irish women.  These are women who, by their success, encourage others to follow, be ambitious and to succeed.

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For more information, please contact Alison Nulty, Fuzion Communications, 086 4133031 [email protected]

About Nuritas™

Founded in 2014, Nuritas™ is revolutionising the discovery of novel, natural and scientifically proven bioactive peptides for pharma and consumer health. The company’s disruptive computational approach to discovery uses artificial intelligence, deep learning and genomics to rapidly and efficiently predict and then provide access to the most health-benefitting peptides hidden within food.

Nuritas™ has received global recognition for the impact its innovative technology will have on the future of food and health. This includes winning the overall Innovation Award at the Forbes Reinventing America Summit in 2015, the Nutrition Capital Network Venture competition in October 2016 and support from EU Horizon 2020 in 2016 for a peptide that carries the potential to prevent prediabetic patients from developing diabetes.

NURITAS is a Trade Mark of Nuritas Limited

ABOUT WXN

WXN creates and delivers innovative networking, mentoring, professional and personal development to inform, inspire, connect and recognise our community of over 22,000 smart women and their organisations in the pursuit of excellence. WXN enables our Partners and Corporate Members to become and to be recognised as employers of choice and leaders in the advancement of women.  WXN currently has more than 2,000 members in Ireland, where it’s been established for 11 years.

 Ireland’s Most Powerful Women: Top 25 Awards

Since 2012, the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) has celebrated the accomplishments of over 150 remarkable women through the Ireland’s Most Powerful Women: Top 25 Awards, inducting 10 of these women into the WXN Hall of Fame. Our Awards Celebration brings together 400 industry leaders from across Ireland, who join WXN to recognise their peers and colleagues in an event featuring high-profile keynote speakers, presentation of each Awards Category, and an unveiling of the current Award Winners.

 

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