Paul Alexander Sutton

Paul Alexander Sutton (born August 1956) is a British businessman, has been made bankrupt twice and convicted fraudster, although the case pertaining to conviction (which took place originally in a French court) was dismissed in a UK court as having no evidence in an extradition hearing in 2001. Sutton was in discussions with Sir Philip Green about the future of British Home Stores for over a year from the summer of 2013 and introduced Dominic Chappell, the eventual buyer of the firm, to Sir Philip.

Early career Sutton was first made bankrupt in 1982 but was not discharged for over a decade after he failed to comply with insolvency rules. According to The Sunday Times in 2015, the Reubens were seeking to serve bankruptcy papers on Sutton for £4m that they say he owes them but were unable to do so as they could not find him. The claim was settled out of court.

British Home Stores Sutton was in discussion with Sir Philip Green about the future of British Home Stores for over a year from the summer of 2013. According to The Sunday Times, talks only ended after a whistleblower provided details of Sutton's past to Green at his home in Monaco, but it was Sutton who introduced Green to Retail Acquisitions, the firm that went on to buy BHS. Retail Acquisitions was owned by Dominic Chappell who had briefly been a director of Sutton's firm Containsuite.