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. That’s why we use the TRIG® framework to guide every conversation:
Time. Risk. Investment. Goal.
Whether you’re 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 reflect your individual circumstances and complexity
- Fees should be transparent and reflect real work
- Simple strategies are often the most effective
- Education creates confidence and reduces reliance on advice over time
- Ongoing support should be there when you need it — flexible and tailored to your preferences
Our goal is to give you clarity — so you can move forward with confidence.
Michelle Boot
CFP®, CA (ANZ), GAICD
Michelle Boot is the founder of Trigwell Financial and leads the delivery of advice to clients.
As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional and Chartered Accountant, Michelle provides strategic, structured advice to help clients make confident financial decisions — particularly at key transition points such as retirement, separation, or when managing more complex financial situations.
Michelle’s approach is grounded in clarity.
She focuses on helping clients understand their options, work through trade‑offs, and make informed decisions — rather than simply recommending what to invest in or what changes to make.
This approach is reflected in the TRIG® framework (Time, Risk, Investment and Goals), which guides every advice conversation.
Michelle has nearly three decades of experience across finance, consulting and senior leadership roles in Australia, New York and Singapore.
Michelle began her career as a Chartered Accountant at PwC, before moving into consulting and executive roles, including Regional Finance Director for an international pharmaceutical company.
This experience brings a practical and disciplined approach to financial decision‑making — combining technical expertise with real‑world perspective.
Michelle’s move into financial advice was shaped by real-life experience.
Supporting a close friend through a difficult divorce highlighted the importance of clear, structured financial guidance during times of uncertainty.
Around the same time, Michelle saw another friend choose to start a new job later in life — not out of necessity, but because that person had the flexibility to decide what came next.
These experiences reinforced a simple idea:
Financial decisions are not just about money — they are about choice, confidence and control.
Through Trigwell Financial, Michelle works with clients to bring clarity to complex decisions — helping them build, implement and adapt their financial strategy over time.
Michelle is also a passionate photographer, and every image across this website is her own.
Michelle’s photography reflects a love of travel, nature and connection, bringing authenticity and warmth to the Trigwell Financial brand.
- CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®
- Chartered Accountant (CA ANZ)
- Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
- Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning – Swinburne University
- Bachelor of Economics (Accounting and Finance) – Macquarie University
Michelle is an Authorised Representative of Gill & Co Advisory Pty Ltd (AFSL 551560).