Born in Ashington, Sussex, England and graduated from Cambridge University in 1968, majoring in modern languages.
[2] Osborne left Britain to work for Clarkson Gordon & Co in Toronto and later in Rio de Janeiro in 1976.
Osborne left after Rogers Communications acquired Maclean Hunter.
In 1995, Osborne went to BCE Inc as COO and then with Bell Canada as president and CEO.
[1] Osborne died in his home in Florida at age 66 and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.