Ronald Osborne

Ronald W. Osborne BA, FCA (1946 – April 9, 2013) was a British-Canadian executive, who was involved mainly with media organizations.

Life and career

Born in Essex, England and graduated from Cambridge University in 1968, Osborne was initially an accountant in his early career after becoming a chartered accountancy in 1972.^[1] Osborne left Britain work for Arthur Young, Clarkson Gordon in Rio de Janeiro in 1976 and then moved to the Clarkson Gordon office in Canada in 1979.^[2]

From 1981 to 1994 he was with Maclean Hunter becoming the head of the media company in 1986. Osborne left after Rogers Communications acquired Maclean Hunter. In 1995 Osborne went to BCE Inc. to head their Nortel unit and then with Bell Canada as President and CEO.^[3] In 1997 he left the private sector to join Ontario Hydro and later as President and CEO of Ontario Power Generation after the breakup of Ontario Hydro.^[4]

In his later years he was with Postmedia as Chair in 2010 and was director of various other companies.^[5]

Osborne died in his home in Florida at age 66.^[6]

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