Ged Nixon
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ged Nixon
| birth_name = Gerard Keith Nixon
| nationality = Scottish
| occupation = {{hlist|Businessman}}
}}
Ged Nixon is a Scottish businessman who was previously a director of professional football club Livingston.
Career
In July 2009, Nixon, Neil Rankine, Andy Gemmell and Gordon McDougall were part of the Livingston 5 Consortium that bought Livingston, who were facing a financial crisis under the ownership of Italian lawyer Angelo Massone.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/8169062.stm|title=McDougall resigns to help Livi|publisher=BBC|date=25 July 2009}} While Livingston seemed doomed, a meeting with the Scottish Football League on 30 July 2009 secured their future, as an agreement was reached to allow Livingston 5 to run the club for the following season. The next day, Massone sold his shares to the Livingston 5 Constortium and left the club.{{cite web | url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/division-1/Massone39s-Livingston-reign-finally-over.5514748.jp | title=Massone's Livingston reign finally over as he sells shares for £50k | publisher=Scotsman Publications | date=1 August 2009 | access-date=1 October 2011}}{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/livingston-chief-executive-ged-nixon-2591357 | title=Livingston Chief Executive Ged Nixon sees bright financial future for club| publisher=Daily Record| date=20 May 2010}}
Nixon resigned from his role at Livingston in October 2013 and initiated legal action for repayment of a directors loan of over £300k.{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/west-lothian-livingston-football-club-3392137| title=Livingston Football Club's financial position is "unsustainable" following £1000 per day losses| publisher=Daily Record| date=9 Apr 2014}}{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/livingston-fc-could-go-bust-7865651| title=Livingston FC could GO BUST if they are forced to pay a part time receptionist £7200 compensation in a tribunal| publisher=Daily Record| date=30 April 2016}} In March 2021, Livingston announced that they had agreed a settlement with Nixon.{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/livingston-fc-say-secure-future-23794244| title=Livingston FC say they have a 'secure future' after agreeing a settlement over a loan balance with former director Ged Nixon| publisher=Daily Record| date=25 March 2021}}
In 2014, Nixon was banned from being a company director for four years for failing to comply with statutory obligations to make payments due to HMRC. This followed the liquidation of his company Pres Dec Limited.{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/former-livingston-fc-chief-executive-4367399| title=Former Livingston FC chief executive Ged Nixon receives director's ban| publisher=Daily Record| date=2 October 2014}}