Ian Lang Livingstone

Ian Lang Livingstone (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 Ian Lang Livingstone was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire on 23 February 1938 to Margaret Steele (née Barbour) and John Lang Livingstone. He was educated at the Hamilton Academy.

Public and voluntary sector appointments 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. 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.