Letterkenny Chamber President's Lunch 2024

All welcome. Join us for our Annual Letterkenny Chamber President's Lunch, Radisson Blu - Letterkenny, 12pm Friday 24th of May. Kindly Sponsored by AIB. 

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Our Keynote Speaker for the Letterkenny Chamber President's Lunch 2024 - is Cathal Friel. 

This years theme is Leadership, we'll hear from key leaders from our region who are making inspiring impact locally, nationally, and globally.

Garrett Harte, of Harte Media will be our Master of Ceremonies for the afternoon. We'll hear from our Letterkenny Chamber President, Claire Mc Donough - an industry leadership panel discussion will take place, as well as our Keynote conversation with estemeed entrepreneur, Cathal Friel.

Cathal Friel is a seasoned serial entrepreneur with a long and successful history and to date has listed five companies on the London Stock Exchange. Cathal is Managing Director of Raglan Capital and serves as Chairman and co-founder of Poolbeg Pharma plc. Poolbeg was established as a spin-off from hVIVO plc in 2021, where Cathal is also co-founder and Chairman. Cathal also co-founded and sits on the Board of Director of European Green Transition plc, which listed on the London Stock Exchange in April 2024. Cathal co-founded Amryt Pharma plc which listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2016 and dual listed on Nasdaq in 2020 and was later sold to Chiesi Farmaceutici for $1.48bn in April 2023. Prior to that, he was co-founder and Chairman of Fastnet Oil & Gas plc, which listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2012. 
 
Cathal began his working career a little earlier than most by having to step in to help run the family business in 1981 at the relatively young age of 16 due to a family illness. He went on to complete his education by taking night classes and received an MBA from the University of Ulster in 1990. Cathal then spent the following five years lecturing on a part-time basis on International Marketing and Business Planning at the University of Ulster whilst in tandem running his own technology services business. In 2001, Cathal was part of the team that successfully established Merrion Stockbrokers in Dublin. Following Merrion’s trade sale in 2006, he founded Raglan Capital which is renowned for building in-house companies that are listed on the public stock markets. Cathal was a finalist in the international category of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020.

To book tickets, or a table - please use the link above or contact Letterkenny Chamber directly to secure. (email: info@letterkennychamber.com)

Tickets for Letterkenny Chamber Members €55 per person
Non-Members €65 per person