Dominic Chappell Dominic Chappell Dominic Joseph Andrew Chappell (born 28 November 1966) is a British businessman and former racing driver, who has been declared bankrupt on two occasions. In 2015, his company, Retail Acquisitions Ltd, purchased the now collapsed retail chain British Home Stores from Philip Green for just £1 GBP together with a £10,000,000 equity injection into BHS Group Ltd. 13 months later the company was placed into administration resulting in the closure of 164 stores and the loss of 11,000 jobs. Chappell was born in Sunbury on Thames, Surrey in 1966. He was educated at Millfield School in Somerset. Chappell
Philip Rycroft Philip Rycroft Philip John Rycroft (born 22 May 1961) is a British civil servant, currently serving as the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the European Union and also as Head of the UK Governance Group. After his DPhil, Rycroft joined the Scottish Office in 1989. He took a number of roles in agriculture, including being seconded into the Cabinet of Sir Leon Brittan in the European Commission from 1995–1997. With the passing of the Scotland Act 1998, Rycroft moved to become Deputy Head of the new Scottish Executive's Policy Unit in 1999. Rycroft left the service in 2000