Miras Investments names Matthew Lesesky global head of private equity

Miras Investments named Matthew Lesesky global head of private equity in an Oct. 22, 2026 release. He joined Miras in October after 14 years at UNC Management Company, most recently as a managing director on the private investment team.

Miras is a globally diversified institutional Middle Eastern single family office that has invested in alternative asset managers since 1980, across private equity, venture capital and hedge funds, according to the release. Lesesky's program commits mainly through commingled funds sponsored by third-party managers, with co-investments "where appropriate." He reports to chief investment officer Elizabeth Hewitt and works with the investment committee and shareholders within a delegated framework. The release gives no figure for the private equity program or total assets.

Advisors comparing private-markets platforms cannot tell from the release how quickly fund-plus-co-investment programs can act or who decides a direct deal, because Miras does not disclose the co-investment approval threshold. The release says Lesesky sits within a delegated framework shared by Hewitt, the investment committee and shareholders.

At UNC Management Company, Lesesky oversaw private equity investments across venture capital, growth equity and buyouts for the $17 billion UNC Investment Fund, which the Chapel Hill-based nonprofit runs alongside endowments for the University of North Carolina System. Before UNC, he held investment roles at Hatteras Funds and Pacific Corporate Group Capital Partners, and he was an associate in Citigroup's investment banking division and at Fusion Ventures.