Michael Hanlon is an Australian Private Wealth Adviser at Skybound Wealth Management, specialising in helping British, South African and Australian expatriates manage, protect, grow and structure their wealth while living and working overseas.
International Financial Planner for Expats and Globally Mobile Professionals
Michael Hanlon is a Private Wealth Adviser at Skybound Wealth Management, specialising in financial planning for expats and internationally mobile professionals.
Originally from Australia and now based in London, Michael works with individuals and families living and working overseas, make the most of their time offshore, helping them build wealth internationally, structure investments tax efficiently, and plan with confidence across multiple jurisdictions.
His work is focused on British, Australian, South African and internationally mobile professionals, particularly those living and working across the Middle East, Asia, Africa and other international markets. Many of his clients are building successful careers overseas and want to make sure their financial position is structured properly while they are away from home and for when they return.
With almost a decade of experience across financial planning and wealth management in both Australia and the international market, Michael brings together technical planning knowledge and first hand understanding of what it means to build a life abroad.
Having relocated internationally himself, Michael understands that financial planning for expats is rarely straightforward. Clients may be earning in one country, investing in another, holding pensions or superannuation back home, planning for future relocation, and trying to make long term decisions without knowing exactly where they will live in the future.
Michael’s role is to simplify that complexity. He helps clients bring structure to their financial life, understand the options available to them, and make clear decisions around saving, investing, retirement planning, pension transfers, protection and longer term wealth planning.
His approach is built around one core principle: financial planning should create clarity, confidence and long term freedom. By combining strategic planning with globally diversified investment solutions, Michael helps clients align their finances with the life they want to build, whether that means retiring internationally, returning home in the future, funding education for children, or creating lasting financial security for their family.
Experience in International Wealth Planning
Michael has spent his career working across financial planning, paraplanning and international wealth management, supporting clients with increasingly complex financial needs.
Before becoming a Private Wealth Adviser, Michael built a strong technical foundation through years of paraplanning and advice support across both the Australian and international markets. This experience gives him a detailed understanding of the planning process, product structures, investment recommendations and compliance standards required to deliver quality advice.
Today, Michael advises expatriates and globally mobile professionals who need financial planning that works across borders, rather than advice designed for someone living permanently in one domestic market.
Many of the individuals he advises are managing decisions such as how much they need to save while overseas, whether to continue contributing to pensions or superannuation back home, how to structure investments internationally, and how to prepare for future relocation or repatriation.
His work often involves helping clients:
Clients Michael Typically Works With
Michael primarily advises:
These clients often face challenges that traditional domestic financial planning does not fully address. Their income, assets, pensions, tax position and future plans may all sit across different countries.
Michael helps them bring those moving parts together into a clear financial plan that supports their current lifestyle overseas while keeping their long term goals on track.
The Situations His Clients Are Negotiating
Many of Michael’s clients are living and working overseas during some of their highest earning years. They may have strong income, surplus cash flow and international career opportunities, but no clear structure for how that wealth should be managed.
This often includes professionals working across industries such as resources, mining, infrastructure, aviation, education, technology, finance, energy and global corporate roles.
Common planning questions include:
Michael’s role is to give clients clear answers to these questions and help them build a plan that can adapt as their life and career evolve.
A Long Term Approach to Financial Planning
Michael believes the most successful financial strategies are built around long term discipline, clear planning and consistent action.
His approach focuses on understanding where the client is today, where they want to be in the future, and what needs to happen financially to bridge that gap.
Rather than focusing on short term market speculation, Michael helps clients build structured plans around retirement planning, regular saving, investment management, pension review, education planning, family protection and repatriation planning.
By combining clear financial forecasting with robust investment strategies, he helps clients focus less on uncertainty and more on the opportunity their international career provides.
Who Michael Works With
Michael works with clients who value clear thinking, disciplined investment strategies and long term financial planning.
He has particular experience working with Australian and British expats, internationally mobile professionals and families who want to take a structured approach to managing their wealth while living and working overseas.
Many of his clients have careers that span multiple countries and require financial planning that works internationally, rather than relying solely on advice built for one domestic market.
They are typically looking for practical guidance around pensions, investments, protection, tax efficient structuring, repatriation and long term wealth planning.
Michael’s focus is on helping them make confident financial decisions, wherever in the world their career or family life may take them.
Life Outside Financial Planning
Outside of financial planning, Michael enjoys staying connected with Australia, travelling, sport and building his career in the international advice profession from London.
Having moved overseas himself, he understands the opportunities and challenges that come with building a life away from home. This personal experience shapes the way he works with clients who are trying to make the most of their own time abroad.
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