Tony Kinder

Who is Tony Kinder?

Tony Kinder is an academic, lecturer and former businessman and politician from West Lothian, Scotland.

Dr. Tony Kinder has a BSc, an MA, an MBA, an MSc e-Learning, an M Teach and a PhD.

Tony has an unusual background, entering academic research only in 2004. Beginning his career as an industrial engineer, he spent twenty years in industrial relations. For eighteen years, he was a local council leader for the Labour Party, with responsibility for local economic development. For ten years, he was Chairman of Lothian Enterprise - a successful venture capital company which made 150 investments. He has also been Chairman of a Scottish Leisure company, a commercial and industrial property development company. He has actively led several public-private partnerships in transport, housing, retail development and education and participated as partner/consultant in twenty international research projects. Tony was also a Director and briefly a Chairman of Livingston Football Club and Chairman of West Lothian College.