Ian Livingston, Baron Livingston of Parkhead
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The Right Honourable The Lord Livingston of Parkhead |
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Livingston at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, 2013
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Minister of State for Trade and Investment |
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In office 11 December 2013 – 11 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Maude of Horsham |
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Ian Paul Livingston 28 July 1964 Glasgow, UK |
| Political party | Conservative and Unionist |
| Spouse(s) | Deborah (m. 1989) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Elstree, Hertfordshire |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Businessman; CEO BT Group |
Ian Paul Livingston, Baron Livingston of Parkhead (born 28 July 1964), is a Scottish businessman who was formerly chief executive of BT Group. A Conservative member of the House of Lords, he previously served as the UK government's Minister of State for Trade and Investment.
He was created a life peer on 15 July 2013 taking the title Baron Livingston of Parkhead.
The fourth generation son of Polish-Lithuanian Jews who arrived in Scotland 120 years ago, Livingston's family owned a factory making flying jackets and police uniforms. Brought up in Kelvinside, his father was a general practitioner who practised medicine in Parkhead. The youngest of four children, Livingston's oldest brother serves as a judge, the second son is a partner in an accountancy firm, and his sister is a professor of psychiatry at University College, London.
Livingston was educated at Hillhead Primary School before attending the independent Kelvinside Academy, where he won a fantasy share-investment competition, turning £10,000 into £30,000 in just 10 months.
Livingston married his university contemporary, Deborah, in 1989. They live at Elstree, Hertfordshire, with their two children (one son, one daughter).
After graduating with an economics degree from the University of Manchester at the age of 19, he trained as an accountant with Arthur Andersen, where, on assignment, he became the first chief accountant of The Independent newspaper. Livingston then moved to Bank of America, and then private equity firm 3i.
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