Tony Kinder

Tony Kinder
Born
Anthony Kenneth Kinder

1949 (age 76–77)
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.

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.

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. He later gave evidence in the fraud trial of Dominic Keane in 2009.

As of April 2025, Kinder is a professor at Tampere University.

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. ↑ "VICTORIOUS: Tony Kinder enjoyed a Labour win". Edinburgh Evening News. 4 May 1990.
  6. ↑ "Controversial councillor Tony Kinder tells the Journal and Gazette why he quit POINTING THE FINGER". Linlithgowshire Gazette. 2 April 1999.
  7. ↑ "The issue was then forwarded to the strategic services committee on Tuesday. Committee chairman Tony Kinder, ." Linlithgowshire Gazette. 19 April 1996.
  8. ↑ "New chief appoints Preston". BBC. 4 June 2004.
  9. ↑ "BETWEEN OURSELVES compiled by Vic Woobp". Linlithgowshire Gazette. 6 February 2004.
  10. ↑ "Fraud trial told of boardroom bust-up at Livingston FC". The Herald. 18 August 2009.
  11. ↑ "Focus: A Livingston nightmare". The Times. 30 August 2009.
  12. ↑ "Tony Kinder". Research Gate.