An experienced licensee that sets the standard for excellence in life insurance.

Niall has worked in the Financial Services sector for most of his profession life. He has held senior executive positions with several of Australia's leading Life Insurance Companies. More recently Niall was responsible for the advice & distribution channels for the TAL organisation.

As a highly respected and experience member of the financial services community we are delighted to have Niall as a member of our Board.

Wayne Handley has over 35 years of experience in financial services having worked in the sector for his entire professional career. Wayne's experience spans the private sector as a self-employed businessman and at senior corporate level. He is a former General Manager & Responsible Officer of Apogee Financial Planning. As well as being a Director of Apogee FP, Wayne was also a Director of Godfrey Pembroke, Garvan Financial Planning & MLC Financial Planning during his time with the MLC/Nab Group (18 years).

Wayne has a successful track record in building high quality Advice Networks. He has also been a member of numerous Boards of Advice for successful planning firms.

Rory has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, providing strategic advice in personal insurance, business insurance, and superannuation to individual clients, SME's and medical professionals.

Prior to that, Rory was a Partner for four years in a South Gippsland accountancy business that specialised in assisting farmers and self-employed business owners.

Rory holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning). He brings a wealth of experience across all facets of financial planning and personal and business insurance, and is highly regarded in the financial planning community.

Geoff Counsel has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. He accepted the role of General Manager with Bombora Advice Pty Ltd in 2014 after holding senior management roles with other organisations.

Geoff joined RetireInvest in 1996, initially managing the corporate office in Melbourne with a total staff of 28 before moving into an Adviser Development role across Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.

In 2004, he was invited to help helped establish the IRIS Financial Group Ltd, which was officially launched in April 2005. IRIS grew from an initial core group of around 20 authorised representatives with almost $1bn funds under advice to 37 representatives and over $2bn under advice at the time it was acquired by Hillross in 2011. Geoff's role throughout this period was General Manager of IRIS. After assisting with the transition of the IRIS practices in to the Hillross network, Geoff moved into a Practice Management role with an established financial planning business before joining Bombora.

With more than 25 years in the financial services industry, Nadeeja brings valuable experience in risk, compliance and licensee operations to the Bombora Advice network. Nadeeja has held various senior management roles over his career and brings with him a practical and commercial approach to meet our risk and compliance obligations.

Nadeeja has a wealth of experience in working with self-employed financial advisers. His consultive manner encourages meaningful and open dialogue.

Nadeeja holds a Bachelor of Business (Applied Economics) and Diploma of Financial Planning.

With over 20 years' experience in the sector, Kellie brings a lot of experience and operational know how to our business.

Kellie's responsibilities include day to day operations as well as coordinating our PD Days and conferences. She also carries the important role of adviser remuneration and being our first point of liaison with our advice practices.

Franca Milillo is a seasoned professional in financial services, with over 25 years’ experience supporting advisers. Her roles have developed from Client Services, Paraplanning, Team Management, Auditing and Compliance. At Bombora, she plays a key role in ensuring advisers have access to the guidance, tools, and insights they need to deliver clear and effective advice to clients.

Franca is particularly skilled in coaching advisers in technical matters and regulatory requirements. Her expertise also extends to developing resources that support the provision of compliant advice.

Known for her no nonsense practical and analytical approach, Franca is committed to turning complexity into clarity, ensuring advisers and their clients can make well-informed decisions with confidence. Franca operates on the principle that a Compliance Professional should be both collaborative and approachable.