Pete Osborne

Pete joined Guide Dogs in May 2014 as Head of Mobility Services, managing the Hull community team and covering East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. He was later appointed the Regional Head of Operations for the North East, covering Hull, Leeds, Sheffield, and Newcastle. Prior to that Pete worked for the RNIB, latterly as Head International Development and Partnerships/Chief Braille Officer but also in previous roles which took him worldwide. Pete took over from Wendy Rankin as Director of Operations here at Guide Dogs on 1 December 2019. He has an MBA with distinction from the University of Loughborough and BA/Hons English and Phonetics from the University of Leeds and his current guide dog is a four-year-old yellow Labrador/golden retriever cross called Nyle.