Dominic Keane

Dominic Keane
Nationality	Scottish
Occupations	Businessman Banker

Dominic Keane is a Scottish banker and businessman who was the previous owner of professional football club Livingston.

Career

Keane worked as a manager for Royal Bank of Scotland. ^[1] He later ran the holiday company Strathmore Travel, which traded as Dr Holiday. ^[2]

In 1994, Keane was appointed to the board of directors of Celtic alongside new Chief executive officer Fergus McCann. ^[3]

He became director and chairman of Livingston in 1998, saving the club from bankruptcy and providing investment which saw the West Lothian side promoted to the Scottish Premier League within three years. ^[4] The club's rise was short-lived as they were placed into administration on 3 February 2004. ^{[5] [6]}

In August 2009, Keane was accused of defrauding lottery winner John McGuinness of £3m after a partnership to fund a new stand at Livingston FC went wrong. ^[7] He was later cleared of all charges. However, he revealed during the trial that the financial crisis at Livingston had cost him his home and left him bankrupt. ^{[8] [9]}

References

1. "Dominic Keane sheds tears of joy after not guilty verdict". Daily Record. 3 September 2009.
2. "Travel firm hit by soccer crisis". Daily Record. 9 February 2004.
3. "Fergus McCann: The epic account of how the man in the bunnet saved Celtic". Nutmeg. 4 March 2024.
4. "Livingston face final curtain". BBC. 29 June 2009.
5. "Livi in administration". BBC Sport . BBC. 3 February 2004. Archived from the original on 8 July 2004. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
6. "Keane hits out at BoS 'cover-up'; Former treasurer accused in Livingston collapse". Sunday Herald. 29 August 2009.
7. "Keane deal 'cost lotto man £3m'". BBC. 24 August 2009.
8. "Former Livingston FC chairman Dominic Keane cleared of £2.3m fraud". The Scotsman. 27 August 2009.
9. "Livingston woes cost Keane home". BBC. 25 August 2009.