FILMED INDUSTRY SERIES

Ten Chairs.
The Industry’s Leaders.
In Their Own Words.

Get to know the ten people who lead an industry. Each of them answers the same twelve questions on camera, in their own words, published in full.

NOW · THE EXECUTIVE SEARCH TEN · FILMING 2026
EXPLORE THE SERIES
THE SERIES, IN BRIEF

Every Ten Chairs series seats ten people at the top of one industry: the founders and leaders who run it, each holding a chair by invitation. Each episode puts one question to all ten and sets the answers side by side, so the same problem is thought through ten different ways, first-hand, by people who have made those calls several hundred times. The questions are the ones nobody asks out loud: how the judgement is really made, what gets missed, what separates a decision that holds from one that unravels two years later. Twelve questions a year, released as the series and published as a book.

THE SERIES

What’s filming, and what’s next.

Executive search films first. Wealth management and three series in law are convening now, and three more industries are in planning.

CURRENTLY FILMING
The Executive Search Ten, in the studio
TEN CHAIRS
FILMS 2026 · NOW CONVENING
The Executive Search Ten
Meet the people who find the people who run corporate Britain: ten company founders, from Board & NED to Private Equity & Portfolio, answering the year's twelve questions in their own words.
FROM THIS YEAR'S QUESTIONS
“What separates the executives who succeed from the ones who fail?”
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NOW CONVENING
The Wealth Management Ten, in the studio
TEN CHAIRS
FILMS 2027 · NOW CONVENING
The Wealth Management Ten
The people Britain’s money calls first: ten founders on judging risk, and on what separates good advice from expensive advice, answering the year's questions on camera.
FROM THE OPENING QUESTIONS
“Are the wealthy really leaving Britain?”
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THE LAW SERIES · NOW CONVENING
The Employment Law Ten, in the studio
TEN CHAIRS
FILMS 2027 · NOW CONVENING
The Employment Law Ten
The people businesses call when work goes wrong: ten founders of Britain’s specialist employment law firms on what a tribunal actually punishes, and on the mistakes made long before anyone calls a lawyer.
FROM THE OPENING QUESTIONS
“What is the most expensive way to let someone go?”
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THE LAW SERIES · NOW CONVENING
The Dispute Resolution Ten, in the studio
TEN CHAIRS
FILMS 2027 · NOW CONVENING
The Dispute Resolution Ten
Ten founders of Britain’s independent dispute resolution practices on when to fight, when to settle, and what winning actually costs, answering the year’s questions on camera.
FROM THE OPENING QUESTIONS
“When do you tell a client not to fight?”
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THE LAW SERIES · NOW CONVENING
The Corporate Law Ten, in the studio
TEN CHAIRS
FILMS 2027 · NOW CONVENING
The Corporate Law Ten
Ten founders of the corporate law firms behind Britain’s mid-market deals on what survives due diligence, and on how businesses are really bought and sold.
FROM THE OPENING QUESTIONS
“What kills more deals: the price, or the people?”
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PLANNING NOW
The Corporate Finance Ten
The dealmakers of the mid-market, on how a deal is really judged.
The Architecture Ten
The practices shaping what Britain builds, on what makes a building worth the money.
The Accountancy Ten
The independent firms beyond the Big Four, on the advice that changes a business.
A sitting in the studio
NEW EPISODES

One question. Ten answers. Side by side.

Ten leaders, filmed separately, put to the same question. What they actually think, said plainly and published in full.

THE ALMANAC

Everything the ten said,
in print.

Every question the ten are asked, with all ten answers, in print. Hardbound, the ten portrayed on the cover, and sent to the industry and to the people who buy from it.

IThe twelve questions, and what all ten said
IIThe questions with no settled answer
IIIWhat got counted, and how the ten split
IVWhat they expect next, dated and kept

The first edition, The Executive Search Ten, Volume One, publishes at the close of the year. Free on request.

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The Executive Search 2026 Almanac, hardbound
NOMINATIONS

Who belongs in the ten?

The ten of each series are found by invitation and by nomination. If there is someone you would put in one of these chairs, tell us who.

Nominations are read by the editorial desk. Chairs remain by invitation.

WHEN IT AIRS

Know the moment Episode 1 airs.

Each episode as it publishes, with its question and what the ten said. Every episode stays, in full, on the Ten Chairs channel on YouTube.

Contributing

Chairs are held by invitation, one company to a specialism; while a chair is held, that discipline is closed. If you lead a company in one of our industries and think you should hold one, tell us about your company.

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