Conor Kerley PhD, RD

Conor was then headhunted for a clinical and research position at a private medical center in Washington DC. At this time, Conor was awarded a fully funded trip to present this award-winning research at the High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia in Melbourne. He decided that this was an opportunity of a lifetime, left his position in Washington DC, and headed to Melbourne. At this conference, Conor met many esteemed researchers and clinicians and was invited to deliver keynote lectures at medical centers and universities throughout Melbourne, Hobart, and Sydney. It was during these 6 weeks of travel alone that Conor had a thought…why not use his research and expertise to formulate nutrition products to help millions of people around the world. There were two major problems, Conor had no money and even worse: no idea where to start. While in Sydney, Conor was interviewed and accepted to lecture on the degree course he graduated from, so instead of returning to America from Australia, Conor decided he would return home to Dundalk, Co Louth, Ireland. The idea of lecturing was to earn a little money while enrolling in business courses. In fact, Conor arrived back in Ireland on a Saturday in January and commenced a ‘start your own business course with Louth Local Enterprise Office on that Monday! While starting a new job as a lecturer, Conor also decided to buy his first property (an apartment), and take business courses including Inner City Enterprise and New Frontiers, an Enterprise Ireland Accelerator.