Appointment


Cliste Hospitality
Intelligent Management


Appointment
Cliste Hospitality appoints Mairea Doyle Balfe to Leadership Team
As Executive Director of Corporate Development her role will include sourcing opportunities for clients and investors
 Wed 20th September 2023


Pictured: Paul Fitzgerald, CEO of Cliste Hospitality; Mairea Doyle Balfe, Executive Director of Corporate Development and Sean O’Driscoll, Director of Hotels.

Cliste Hospitality is delighted to announce the appointment of Mairea Doyle Balfe as Executive Director of Corporate Development. In this role, Mairea will lead the Cliste Hospitality Development team and be responsible for sourcing hotel and other hospitality opportunities for their clients and investors. Mairea will also lead the hospitality management contract, consultancy and advisory division within Cliste.

Mairea joins from Crowe Ireland where she was Director of Hotels, Tourism and Leisure. During her eight years in Crowe, Mairea was a leading advisor to the sector working on new build projects, refinancing, asset management, redevelopment and transactional support. Mairea was also a key consultant to Failte Ireland helping develop strategic supports to the industry during COVID-19. Mairea’s background in hotel corporate advisory will bring further knowledge and experience to the Cliste team.

Mairea’s career in the industry began with Hilton and Aramark and then moved into consulting with PKF in the US where she worked on hotel and conference centre projects across the East Coast from concept development through feasibility, management selection and contract negotiations. Mairea has a B.Sc. from DIT Cathal Brugha Street and an MBA from TUD.

Paul Fitzgerald, CEO of Cliste Hospitality commented: “I’m delighted to announce Mairea has been appointed as Director of Corporate Development. Mairea will lead out the Cliste team in identifying opportunities to expand our Cliste Hotel Management offering and will play an instrumental role in delivering on our Cliste Strategy for 2024. I look forward to working closely with Mairea and her team as we seek to deliver on our broader growth ambitions."









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