Ian Lang Livingstone
Ian Lang Livingstone CBE DL (born 23 February 1938) is a Scottish businessman; former chairman of the board of Motherwell College; former chairman of Motherwell Football Club; former chairman of Lanarkshire Health Board; and former chairman of the Lanarkshire Development Agency.
Early life and career
[edit]Ian Lang Livingstone was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire on 23 February 1938 to Margaret Steele (née Barbour) and John Lang Livingstone.[1] He was educated at the Hamilton Academy.[1] From the Academy Livingstone entered the University of Glasgow, graduating with a degree in law in 1960 and subsequently engaged (1962–86) with the firm of Ballantyne & Copland, Solicitors, Motherwell, becoming a senior partner (and, since 1989, consultant solicitor.) Since 1987 he has been chairman and director of his family property investment and development company. Livingstone has been a member of the boards of numerous companies, including serving as chairman of Motherwell Football Club from 1973 to 1987.[2]
Public and voluntary sector appointments
[edit]Ian Livingstone served as chairman of the Lanarkshire Development Agency from 1991 to 2000 and as chairman of Lanarkshire Health Board (now NHS Lanarkshire) from 1993 to 2002.
A former chairman of the board of Motherwell College (1989–97), Livingstone is honorary solicitor to the Dalziel High School War Memorial Trust and since 1990, a member of the Dalziel High School Board. He has been a governor of the David Livingstone Memorial Trust since 1988, and chairman of the trust since 2008.[2]
Awards and honours
[edit]Ian Livingstone was appointed OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 1993, "For services to business and to the community and health in Lanarkshire."[3] He was appointed CBE in 1998 and, in 2008, a Deputy Lieutenant of Lanarkshire and awarded an Honorary Degree from the University of the West of Scotland in the same year.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Livingstone, Ian Lang, (born 23 Feb. 1938), Chairman: Lanarkshire Health Board, 1993-2002 (Member, 1989-2002); Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire (formerly Lanarkshire Development Agency), 1991-2000". www.ukwhoswho.com. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u24717. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ a b Debrett’s Biographies – Ian Livingstone Retrieved 8 November 2010
- ^ The Independent - Queen’s Birthday Honours 1998 Retrieved 8 November 2010