The joint select committee probes into the sale of beleaguered department store chain BHS and its collapse get under way today.
The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee and the Work and Pensions Committee will investigate the circumstances surrounding BHS’s acquisition and how it came to plunge into administration just over a year after Sir Philip Green sold the business to Retail Acquisitions.
Retail Week takes a look at who is being called to give evidence to the committees and when they will be appearing.
Monday May 23
Panel 1 – Advisers on pensions
- Anne-Marie Winton and Ian Greenstreet, Nabarro
- Tony Clare, Deloitte
- David Clarke, KPMG
- Richard Cousins, PwC
Panel 2 – Advisers to Arcadia/Taveta
- Owen Clay, Linklaters
- Steve Denison, PwC
- Anthony Gutman, Goldman Sachs
Panel 3 – Arcadia/Taveta
- Ian Grabiner, chief executive, Arcadia (invited)
- Lord Grabiner, board member, Taveta Investments Ltd (invited)
- Paul Budge, finance director, Arcadia Group and director, Taveta Investments Ltd
- Gillian Hague, director, Arcadia Group and Taveta Investments Ltd
- Chris Harris, group property director, Arcadia Group
Wednesday 25 May 2016
Panel 1 – BHS current pension fund trustees
- Chris Martin (chair)
- Mike Lymath
- Phil Kitchen
- Jason Hyde
Panel 2 – BHS pension fund former trustees
- Margaret Downes (former chair)
- Siobhan Forey
- Richard de Dombal
Panel 3 – Advisers to Retail Acquisitions
- David Roberts, Olswang
- TBC, Grant Thornton
- Andrew Frangos, chief executive, Cornhill Capital
Wednesday 8 June 2016
Panel 1 – BHS management
- Darren Topp, chief executive, BHS
- Richard Price, former chief executive, BHS
Panel 2 – Retail Acquisitions board
- Mark Tasker
- Eddie Paladorio
- Stephen Bourne
Panel 3 – Retail Acquisitions
- Dominic Chappell
Wednesday 15 June 2016
- Sir Philip Green
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