Kevin Dunion

Kevin Harry Dunion OBE (born 20 December 1955) is the Convener of the Standards Commission for Scotland and was the first Scottish Information Commissioner 2003−2012.

He is an Honorary Professor in the University of Dundee School of Law and a member of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission.

[5] He joined Oxfam as Campaigns Manager and then took up the post of Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth Scotland.

From 1996 to 2000 he also served as Chairman of Friends of the Earth International, heading delegations to the United Nations and European Commission.

Dunion was for many years a notable proponent for freedom of information, and gave evidence to the Justice Committee scrutinising the passage of the Bill through the Scottish Parliament.

[14] In April 2013 he was appointed as a non-lawyer member of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission.