Maura Hurley

Maura Hurley has 25 years’ HR expertise, empowering SMEs through tailored solutions. Specialising in leadership training/coaching, HR department setup, and compliance, she fosters thriving work cultures. Her guiding principle: when people flourish, businesses prosper. 

#TeamEA Role

Maura joined the Entrepreneurs Academy in 2024, and brings her experience to our participants with sessions on all HR–related topics, leadership, communication, EQ, and personal effectiveness. 

Industry Expertise

Maura has a wide range of experience in Healthcare, Financial Services, Professional Services, Construction, and Not for Profit.

Associations/Qualifications

University of Limerick BA Media & Communications (Hons)
National College of Ireland BA H.R Management 2:1
Irish Management Institute Grad Dip Executive Coaching 1:1
Irish Management Institute Grad Dip Strategic H.R Management 1:1
Irish Management Institute (UCC) Master of Business Management 1:1
TTI Success Insights Psychometric Assessments Analyst (Behaviours, Values, Emotional Intelligence and Competencies)
DMC Learning QQI Training Delivery and Evaluation
Chartered Membership of the Institute of Personnel MCIPD, the Association for Coaching AC, licenced Emotional Intelligence Assessor (EQI) and TTi certified behavioural and values analyst. Shortlisted for Emerging Businesswoman of the Year Kildare 2025.

As an Entrepreneur

People Solutions Ltd empowers SMEs to be great employers because when your people are thriving, so will your business. People Solutions provides HR Support to SMEs who want to create robust policies, practices and structures for their people so their business can grow and prosper. These services can be divided into 4 areas.

Analysis & People Plan 
Legislation Compliance 
Robust Recruitment 
People Development: Bespoke training solutions to develop high potential or to reach required standards in leadership. With 17 years of executive coaching experience, Maura also provides 1 to 1 coaching with leaders at all levels.