Mairea Doyle Balfe

Mairea Doyle Balfe serves as the Executive Director of Corporate Development at Cliste Hospitality since September 2023. Prior to this role, Mairea held various positions including Director at Crowe Ireland from March 2015 to August 2023, where expertise was applied in Ireland’s leading hotel, tourism, and leisure consultancy. Mairea also worked as a self-employed hotel and tourism consultant as Director at Absolute Hospitality Leisure from 2005 to 2015. Additional experience includes positions as Manager at Crowe Horwath Bastow Charleton, Senior Consultant at PKF, Director of Conference Services at Aramark, and Conference Sales Manager at Hilton Short Hills. Mairea began an academic career as a Lecturer at the Dublin Institute of Technology. Educational achievements include a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Technological University Dublin (2020-2022), a Higher National Diploma in Hotel & Catering Management from Technological University Dublin, and a Bachelor of Management Science from Trinity College Dublin.