Meranda Miao is Executive Vice President and Head of Private Markets Investments at Shamal Holding, a diversified investment firm based in Dubai. She leads the firm’s global investment strategy across private equity, private credit, and infrastructure, deploying proprietary capital through both fund commitments and co-investments. Since joining in 2022, she has built and executed Shamal’s private markets investment programme, overseeing portfolio construction and the full investment lifecycle, including sourcing, due diligence, and execution. Prior to Shamal, Meranda worked at a leading sovereign wealth fund in the Middle East, covering global private markets portfolio. She also held investment and advisory roles in London across asset management, professional services, and corporate finance. Meranda holds an MSc in Finance from Bayes Business School and a BSc in International Economics. She is a CFA and ACCA charterholder.