Meet Our Talented Team
Director & Financial Adviser
Bridget Poulos
Bridget established Compass Financial Advisers in 2014 after nearly 2 decades in the insurance industry. She has a genuine passion for helping people make confident financial decisions and achieve lasting peace of mind. She believes that after years of hard work, it’s time for clients to focus on what matters most, protecting what they’ve built and clearly mapping out the future with clarity and confidence. This purpose sits at the heart of everything she does.
What truly sets Bridget apart is her clear, empathetic communication style. She takes the time to understand each client’s situation and goals, building long‑standing, trusted relationships where clients feel supported, informed, and confident at every step of their financial journey. Her approach is collaborative and grounded, focused on bringing people together with the right guidance and expertise to deliver meaningful outcomes.
As an authorised representative, she plays a key role in facilitating both new and existing risk insurance and financial planning solutions, ensuring every structure is practical, considered, and fit for purpose.
Born and raised in Canberra, Bridget balances her professional life with a strong focus on family. She and her husband share four children. She enjoys frequent visits to Melbourne, now a favourite destination where her daughter and grandchildren live.
Financial Adviser
Anthony Monaghan
Anthony is a senior financial adviser with over 30 years of experience in the industry. Known for his gentle nature and friendly, approachable manner, Anthony is deeply committed to building lasting relationships with his clients. He is passionate about helping individuals and families achieve their financial goals through strategic, personalised advice.
His areas of expertise include investments, superannuation, SMSFs, debt reduction, estate planning, and risk management. Anthony takes the time to understand each client’s unique situation, offering guidance that is both thoughtful and tailored to their specific needs.
Anthony, Sarah and Bridget have combined their expertise to provide clients with a broader range of financial services, ensuring a holistic approach to wealth management and planning.
Outside of work, Anthony and his wife Melanie are proud parents to five children and are actively involved in their local community. He enjoys spending time on their property just outside of Canberra, and is a passionate Collingwood Magpies supporter.
Financial Adviser
Sarah McAulay
With over 18 years’ experience in the financial planning industry, Sarah is a highly qualified Financial Planner known for her deep technical expertise and genuine passion for helping clients achieve clarity and confidence. Since joining the Compass team at the start of 2023, she has brought a strong focus on investment strategy, superannuation and retirement planning, delivering advice that is both strategic and highly personalised.
Sarah plays a pivotal role in shaping tailored advice strategies and ensuring every client experience is thorough, thoughtful and truly client‑focused. She has a unique ability to turn complex financial concepts into clear, practical guidance, empowering clients to make informed decisions at every stage of their journey.
Sarah is particularly driven by financial education. She believes that great advice goes beyond recommendations — it’s about bringing clients along the journey and equipping them with knowledge they can rely on. Her standout strength is her exceptional, up‑to‑date technical knowledge, which underpins every strategy she designs.
Outside of work, Sarah is a devoted mum who loves spending time with her husband Rob and their young children. Weekends are all about family adventures, making meaningful memories, and cheering on the Brumbies — a passion she’s proudly passing on to the next generatio
Paraplanning & Client Services
Ashleigh Boyle
Ashleigh became part of our team in early 2022 as a client services assistant and has since played a vital role in providing a personalised touch to each clients’ experience. With a keen focus on industry standard documentation and skilful management of inquiries and feedback, Ashleigh ensures a smooth experience for each client. Her attention to detail and infectious enthusiasm ensure clients stay well informed at every stage of their journey.
In 2024, Ashleigh moved into paraplanning, assisting Bridget and Anthony with conducting research and comparisons for their insurance clients to ensure each client is adequately protected and their costs are competitive.
In her downtime, Ashleigh enjoys spending time with her son, her husband and other family members. Ashleigh grew up in Burra and enjoys spending time exhibiting stud cattle at local agricultural shows.
Adviser Assistant
Nitya Laheri
Nitya joined Compass Financial Advisers in August 2025. After completing her Master of Finance at the Australian National University in November, she transitioned into a full-time Advisor Assistant role. In this position, she provides support to advisors and assists with paraplanning for both wealth and insurance clients. Her responsibilities include helping with advice documentation, implementation, and compliance processes.
Nitya’s role focuses on ensuring that advice is clear, accurate, and properly executed. She supports advisers with research, modelling, and client documentation to make sure each client’s strategy is delivered smoothly and in line with regulatory standards. In the future, she hopes to become a financial advisor and work directly with clients to help them achieve financial security.
Outside of work, Nitya enjoys playing and teaching chess, spending time baking, and finding good coffee places on weekends.
Client Services
Charry Santiago
Charry is a key part of our client services team, known for her warmth, reliability, and friendly approach. She ensures clients feel supported and valued from their very first interaction, helping to make the advice process smooth and stress free.
Charry is also a devoted home baker, inspired by pastry chef Reynold Poernomo. Whether it’s cakes, pastries or something sweet and surprising, baking is her way of sharing love, one delicious treat at a time.
Originally from a beautiful island in the Philippines, Charry brings a passion for flavour, culture, and connection to everything she does. Outside of work, she enjoys relaxing with her husband Josh and their much-loved cats.
Office assistant
Brydie Bulley
Brydie works part time in our office, supporting all the staff with keeping the office running smoothly. Brydie assists with electronic filing, photcopying, scanning and other general administration duties. Brydie is bright and cheerful and is always ready to have a good laugh or share a fun story.
In her spare time Brydie loves to dance and is involved in many productions in the local Canberra area.