Key Takeaways
- • Miras Investments, a Middle East-based institutional single family office founded in 1980, appointed Matthew Lesesky as global head of private equity, according to a GLOBE NEWSWIRE announcement dated October 22, 2026.
- • Lesesky will lead Miras's worldwide private equity program and report to Elizabeth Hewitt, chief investment officer.
- • Lesesky joins from UNC Management Company, where he spent 14 years and most recently served as managing director overseeing private equity across venture capital, growth equity and buyouts for the $17 billion UNC Investment Fund.
- • Miras invests mainly through commingled funds run by third-party managers, complemented by selective co-investments, across private equity, venture capital, hedge funds and public equity.
Summary
Miras Investments, a globally diversified institutional Middle Eastern single family office, has expanded its investment team by appointing Matthew Lesesky to the newly defined role of global head of private equity, according to a GLOBE NEWSWIRE announcement issued October 22, 2026. Lesesky will lead Miras's global private equity program and report to Elizabeth Hewitt, the firm's chief investment officer. He will work closely with the CIO, the Investment Committee and shareholders within the team's delegated framework.
The family office, which has invested in leading alternative asset managers since 1980, is focused on private equity, venture capital and hedge funds. Its private equity program invests mainly through commingled funds sponsored by leading third-party managers, complemented by co-investments where appropriate. Miras describes itself as an institutional investment firm structured like an endowment, with an equity-biased, globally diversified portfolio spanning public equity, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital. Its investment team is split between the U.S. and the Middle East.
Hewitt said Lesesky has built an exceptionally strong track record managing alternative investments for highly regarded non-profit and asset manager brands, including building and maintaining private equity programs. She highlighted his focus on the US lower middle market as highly relevant and transferable to Miras's portfolio. Lesesky said he looks forward to positioning Miras as a preferred, long-term partner to leading investment firms.
Before joining Miras in October, Lesesky spent most of a nearly three-decade career investing in private markets, primarily for nonprofit institutions. He spent the past 14 years at UNC Management Company, the Chapel Hill-based nonprofit that manages long-term investments and endowments for the University of North Carolina System. His earlier roles included investment management positions at Hatteras Funds and Pacific Corporate Group Capital Partners LLC, as well as an associate role in investment banking at Citigroup, an associate position at Fusion Ventures LLC, and an analyst role at Andersen Consulting. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA from UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
The family office, which has invested in leading alternative asset managers since 1980, is focused on private equity, venture capital and hedge funds. Its private equity program invests mainly through commingled funds sponsored by leading third-party managers, complemented by co-investments where appropriate. Miras describes itself as an institutional investment firm structured like an endowment, with an equity-biased, globally diversified portfolio spanning public equity, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital. Its investment team is split between the U.S. and the Middle East.
Hewitt said Lesesky has built an exceptionally strong track record managing alternative investments for highly regarded non-profit and asset manager brands, including building and maintaining private equity programs. She highlighted his focus on the US lower middle market as highly relevant and transferable to Miras's portfolio. Lesesky said he looks forward to positioning Miras as a preferred, long-term partner to leading investment firms.
Before joining Miras in October, Lesesky spent most of a nearly three-decade career investing in private markets, primarily for nonprofit institutions. He spent the past 14 years at UNC Management Company, the Chapel Hill-based nonprofit that manages long-term investments and endowments for the University of North Carolina System. His earlier roles included investment management positions at Hatteras Funds and Pacific Corporate Group Capital Partners LLC, as well as an associate role in investment banking at Citigroup, an associate position at Fusion Ventures LLC, and an analyst role at Andersen Consulting. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA from UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
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