About Trigwell Financial
Advice that starts with your goals — and grows with you.
Trigwell Financial was founded to offer something different: advice that’s personal, ethical, and grounded in real-life goals.
We believe financial advice should reflect your life stage, priorities, and complexity — not just your portfolio size. Thats why we use the TRIG® framework to guide every conversation:
Time. Risk. Investment. Goal.
Whether your navigating divorce, planning for retirement, or thinking about your family’s future, we’re here to help you clarify what matters most – and build a strategy that fits.
Our Philosophy
We believe:
Everyone deserves a clear financial strategy
Advice should be tailored to your needs and complexity
Annual reviews are essential for all advice clients
Ongoing fees should reflect real value
Ad hoc advice should be available when life changes
Education builds confidence and reduces reliance
Our goal is simple: to empower you with clarity and confidence – never to overwhelm you.
Meet Michelle
Michelle Boot is the founder of Trigwell Financial and an Authorised Representative of Gill & Co Advisory Pty Ltd. She began her career as a Chartered Accountant with PwC, spending 15 years in audit and management consulting, including six years in New York.
She then worked independently for two decades on finance and transformation projects across industries and regions, including nine years based in Singapore. During that time, her professional experience also included serving as Regional Finance Director for a global pharmaceutical company in Asia Pacific.
Motivated by personal experiences and a desire to support women through financial transitions, Michelle moved into financial advice. She completed the Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning and her professional year and is currently undertaking the CFP® designation.
Trigwell Financial reflects her commitment to ethical, goals‑based advice delivered with empathy, clarity, and a focus on empowering clients.
Michelle is also a passionate photographer — every image you see across this website is her own. Her photos reflect a love of travel, nature, and connection, bringing authenticity and warmth to the Trigwell Financial brand.
Michelle has explored 61 countries and continues to embrace new adventures. She enjoys golf, motorbike rides with her husband Charles, and walking Sydney’s coastal tracks. These passions reflect her belief that financial advice should support not just wealth, but the experiences that make life meaningful.
- Chartered Accountant (CAANZ)
- Currently completing the CFP® designation
- Authorised Representative of Gill & Co Advisory Pty Ltd
- Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
- Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning – Swinburne University
- Bachelor of Economics (Accounting and Finance) – Macquarie University