Richard Alden (born 1963) is a

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entrepreneur and business executive. From 1998 to 2009, he was the

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and founding director of

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, a telecommunications operator in Spain. In 2014, ONO was acquired by the British telecommunications company

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. Until November 2015, Alden served as the chief executive officer of Wananchi Group (communications operator), providing DTH, cable internet and business services in

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. Alden is currently the president of parcel delivery start-up Citibox.

Career

Alden began his career as a chartered accountant at

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, one of the "

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" accounting firms, where he became a senior manager in audit and corporate finance in 1985.

ONO

In 1998, Alden became the founding director of

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cable and telecom firm ONO, and was its CEO from 2000 to 2009. Alden left ONO in 2009. The company was acquired by

in 2014 for $10 billion, and the ONO brand was completely retired in early 2019.

Later career

In 2010, Alden was appointed non-executive chairman of Mirada, a Spanish

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firm specialising in

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content interaction. That same year, he was also named president of European operations of SaaS-systems provider

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. Alden joined

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's Blue Interactive as

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in 2011. Subsequently he worked as non-executive vice chairman of

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SA in Spain, then joined

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n pay TV company Wananchi Group in 2013 as CEO. He left the group in November 2015. Since 2019, Alden has been the president of

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-based delivery start-up Citibox, raising €11 million.

Personal life

Alden is married and divides his time between

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and

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. After the end of his contract with Wananchi, Alden was charged with

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, following the death of Kenyan national Grace Wangechi Kinyanjui on June 4, 2016 at his

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home. He pleaded not guilty to the charges, and was

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of all charges by the Kenyan Courts on October 30, 2017, following independent

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evidence that proved Kinyanjui had mishandled a gun and accidentally shot herself. Alden had rushed her to the hospital, where she later died.

References

*Sunday Times, 3 December 2017, page 5, 'White Mischief' murder suspect freed after top sleuth traces bouncing bullet, Nicholas Hellen, Social Affairs Editor *The Sun onLine, 3 December 2017 *The Mail on Line, 3 December 2017 * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alden, Richard Living people British chief operating officers British chief executives 1963 births