Tony Kinder

Tony Kinder
Born
Anthony Kenneth Kinder[1]

1949
Occupations
  • Lecturer
  • Councillor

Tony Kinder (born 1949) is a Scottish lecturer, councillor and a previous director and chairman of professional football club Livingston.

Career

He was a senior lecturer in Business Studies at the University of Edinburgh.[2]

Kinder was a councillor in West Lothian until 1999. He quit his role with the Labour Party after accusing his colleagues of waging a campaign to discredit him.[3][4]

He was part of the Lionheart consortium, along with Pearse Flynn and Maurice Smith, that bought Livingston. Having served as a director, he became club chairman in June 2004.[5] He later gave evidence in the fraud trial of Dominic Keane in 2009.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Anthony Kenneth KINDER". Companies House.
  2. ^ "Fall-outs plagued Livi FC board duo". Daily Record. 20 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Police in expenses probe as councillor quits". The Herald. 22 March 1995.
  4. ^ "West Lothian councillor quits over 'allegations'". The Herald. 26 March 1999.
  5. ^ "New chief appoints Preston". BBC. 4 June 2004.
  6. ^ "Fraud trial told of boardroom bust-up at Livingston FC". The Herald. 18 August 2009.
  7. ^ "Focus: A Livingston nightmare". The Times. 30 August 2009.
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