Claire McHugh is CEO and Co-founder of Axonista, a multi-award winning world-leader in video commerce technology. Established in 2010, Axonista powers interactive video shopping experiences for global enterprises such as QVC, HSN, WaterBear and Oxfam.

Axonista’s technology is used by hundreds of thousands of people across the world as organisations embrace the opportunities of video commerce.

An advisor to Scale Ireland and Tech Ireland, Claire is recognised as one of Ireland’s leading entrepreneurs. She has served on the European Innovation Council jury, acted as lead entrepreneur on the Going for Growth programme (funded by Enterprise Ireland and KPMG, to support female entrepreneurs), and among many awards has won Image Magazine’s Businesswoman of the Year award for Digital, Science and Technology.

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