The Conus Team

Since moving to Australia and co-founding Conus Business Consultancy Services in 2006, Ruth has focused on providing businesses in North Queensland with a superior and professional level of business advice. Projects have included business planning, facilitation of strategic workshops, mentoring, development and implementation of action plans, not-for-profit community consultation, business assessments, financial management and financial analysis. She has extensive experience within the industrial, tourism, building and construction, retail, arts, service industries, agricultural and not-for-profit sectors of North Queensland.

Ruth is Chairman of the Cassowary Coast Regional Council Audit Committee and is a service provider for both Enterprise Connect and the Queensland Government.

Qualifications and Memberships

• BSc (Honours) Accountancy and Financial Analysis: University of Warwick (UK)
• Member of the Institute of Management Consultants 
• Member of the Professional Association of Dive Instructors 
• Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (1996 to 2006)

Core Competencies

• Financial management and performance measurement
• Business mentoring
• Business planning and strategic development
• Business, industry and financial analysis
• Business and action plan implementation
• Community consultation

Pete Faulkner

Pete commenced his business career in 1984 following graduation from Cass Business School. He spent a total of 15 years working in the financial markets based in the City of London. From an early position as a Bond Dealer he progressed to become an Executive Director of one of the world’s largest investment banks controlling a team of dealers, sales staff, derivatives experts and economists.

Since moving to Australia and co-founding Conus Business Consultancy Services in 2006, Pete has focused on providing business assistance to local small to medium sized enterprises and community groups. His aim is to provide rural businesses and communities in North Queensland with a superior and professional level of business advice. Projects have included the compilation of business plans, mentoring, community consultation and economics research and presentations. Pete has extensive experience working with local community groups in the Cassowary Coast region. He is a regular and popular speaker at various community and business groups in the region and also sits on the committees of a number of such groups.

Pete has served on the Cassowary Coast Regional Council’s Rating Reference, and Mission Beach Aquatic Facility Community Reference Groups. For many years Pete has been involved in the conservation of coral reefs around the world, was Chairman of UK-based NGO Coral Cay Conservation from 2006 to 2013 and is currently Chairman of Reef Check Australia.

• BSc (Honours) Banking and International Finance: Cass Business School London (UK)
• Accredited Professional Recruiter with Recruitment Consulting Services Association (RCSA)
• Member of The Economic Society of Australia (Queensland)
• Member of the Professional Association of Dive Instructors 

• Community consultation and facilitation
• Team building and leading
• Economics research and presentation
• Business planning and strategic development
• Business mentoring
• Problem solving training – using community feedback effectively
• Thematic Communication