Meet the team
The Farsight team are highly-qualified actuaries with deep knowledge and experience of the insurance sector, who, over the past two decades, have supported the investment of over $4.5 billion in private credit investments.
Paul Whiting
Founder & CEO
One of the most experienced practitioners in the life-insurance linked specialty finance niche. Paul oversees all investments at Farsight.
Paul was Chief Underwriting Officer (Life) at Securis Investment Partners. A qualified actuary, and graduated from the University of Cambridge.
Alan Macpherson
Founding Partner, Origination
Alan is your first point of contact. Informed and approachable, he will be able to assess quickly if Farsight can help.
Alan has worked in private equity and private debt with deep experience of the insurance industry.
Alan is a qualified actuary and graduated from the University of Oxford.
Lester Chu
Founding Partner, Analytics
Data driven and detail-oriented, Lester will work with you to structure a pragmatic and tailored financing solution to address your needs.
Lester was an Investment Analyst at Securis Investment Partners, and previously worked at WTW. A qualified actuary who holds an MSc from Bayes Business School and a BSc from Australian National University.
Farsight is pleased to partner with AB CarVal. AB CarVal is an established global alternative investment manager and part of AllianceBernstein’s Private Alternatives business. Since 1987, AB CarVal has navigated through ever-changing credit market cycles, opportunistically investing in loan portfolios, corporate securities, structured credit and hard assets.
"We draw on deep experience to structure creative solutions to complex financing needs"