Nigel Blow worked for 14 years at Knightsbridge store as more than 70 victims allege sexual assault by late owner

A long-serving former Harrods executive has stepped back from plans to become boss of department store Fenwick chain this month amid controversy about the activities of the late owner of the Knightsbridge department store.

Nigel Blow worked at Harrods for more than 14 years from 1992 to 2007 when the retailer was owned by Al Fayed, the subject of recent BBC documentary based on the accounts of more than 20 women who said he had sexually assaulted or raped them when they worked for the company.