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]}

As of April 2025, Kinder is a professor at Tampere University. ^[8]

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.
8. "Tony Kinder". Research Gate.