Cathal Friel

Founder at HVIVO PLC

Net worth: 7 M $ as of 2026-05-30

62 year

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Cathal Martin Friel was the founder of Raglan Capital Ltd. (2007) serving as Managing Director, Amryt Pharma PLC (2015), hVIVO Holdings Ltd. (2020) serving as Non-Executive Chairman, Poolbeg Pharma Plc (2020) serving as Executive Chairman, Open Orphan DAC (2017) serving as Chief Executive Officer, Fastnet Equity Plc (2011) serving as Chairman, Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd. (2014) serving as Director, hVIVO PLC (2011) serving as Non-Executive Chairman, and European Green Transition Plc (2024) serving as Non-Executive Chairman.
Current job includes Director at PrEP Biopharm Ltd. Former jobs include Non-Executive Chairman at Venn Life Sciences Holdings Plc, Founding Director at Merrion Stockbrokers Ltd., and Non-Executive Director at T5 Oil & Gas Ltd. from 2013 to 2018.
Education includes an MBA from the University of Ulster, conferred in 1990.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
10.27%	2026-03-11	27,679,890 ( 10.27% )	3 M $	2026-05-30
POOLBEG PHARMA PLC 5.82%	2026-06-15	41,056,982 ( 5.82% )	3 M $	2026-05-30

Cathal Friel active positions

Companies	Position	Start
HVIVO PLC	Founder	2020-03-31
POOLBEG PHARMA PLC	Founder	2020-08-31
Raglan Capital Ltd. Raglan Capital Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Provides financial advisory services	Chief Executive Officer	2006-12-31

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Former positions of Cathal Friel

Companies	Position	End
HVIVO PLC	Chief Executive Officer	2020-01-16
T5 Oil & Gas Ltd. T5 Oil & Gas Ltd. Oil & Gas ProductionEnergy Minerals Explores oil and gas resources	Director/Board Member	2018-08-08
Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd. Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Develops pharmaceuticals for patients with rare and orphan diseases	Founder	2017-02-28
Fastnet Equity Plc Fastnet Equity Plc Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides investment services	Founder	2016-03-31
AMRYT PHARMA PLC	Founder	-

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Private companies	13
hVIVO Holdings Ltd. hVIVO Holdings Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides medical research services	Commercial Services
Merrion Stockbrokers Ltd. Merrion Stockbrokers Ltd. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Finance
University of Ulster University of Ulster Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Fastnet Equity Plc Fastnet Equity Plc Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides investment services	Finance
Raglan Capital Ltd. Raglan Capital Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Provides financial advisory services	Finance
Venn Life Sciences Holdings Plc Venn Life Sciences Holdings Plc Services to the Health IndustryHealth Services Operates as investment holding company with interest in clinical trial services	Health Services
T5 Oil & Gas Ltd. T5 Oil & Gas Ltd. Oil & Gas ProductionEnergy Minerals Explores oil and gas resources	Energy Minerals
PrEP Biopharm Ltd. PrEP Biopharm Ltd. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Operates as a biopharmaceutical company that develops therapeutics and medicines for preventing upper respiratory tract viral infections	Health Technology
Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd. Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Develops pharmaceuticals for patients with rare and orphan diseases	Health Technology
Open Orphan DAC Open Orphan DAC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops pharmaceutical platform	Technology Services
hVIVO PLC hVIVO PLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides pharmaceutical development services	Commercial Services
Amryt Pharma Plc Amryt Pharma Plc Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Operates as a biopharmaceutical company and develops and commercializing treatments for patients with rare & orphan diseases	Health Technology
Poolbeg Pharma Plc Poolbeg Pharma Plc Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Operates as a clinical stage infectious disease curing pharmaceutical company	Health Technology