Phil Douglas

Biography

Phil Douglas was appointed as interim Director General for Border Force in November 2021.

Prior to this, Phil was Director of Asylum & Protection Transformation, working to transform the end to end asylum system.

Phil has extensive knowledge and experience across the Home Office, including national security, Border Force (where he was Regional Director for Heathrow Airport), enforcement and asylum policy.

Outside the Home Office, he has also worked at the Ministry of Justice where he was Director of Youth Justice and Offender Policy.

Phil started his civil service career as an immigration officer at Heathrow Airport.