The Chiefs
Episodes
Allianz CEO Oliver Bäte on sport, security and partnering with the Olympic and Paralympic Games
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, is joined by Oliver Bäte, CEO of Allianz, to talk sport, security and what it means...
Benjamin Smith
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, is joined by the CEO of Air France-KLM, Benjamin Smith, to discuss how he brought stabil...
William P Lauder
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, is joined by William P Lauder, the third-generation leader of the Estée Laud...
Jean-Claude Biver
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, is joined by Jean-Claude Biver, who after a career with some of the world’s bigges...
Dr George Gaitanos discusses Chenot Group’s pioneering health and wellness retreats
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, is joined by Chenot Group’s chief operating and scientific officer, Dr George Gait...
Thiago Alonso de Oliveira
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, is joined by Thiago Alonso de Oliveira, CEO of JHSF – the leading company when it comes to Brazil’s...
Michael Peter
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé is joined by the CEO of Siemens Mobility, Michael Peter, to discuss our changing relationship with rail t...
Vassilis Kikilias
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé joins Vassilis Kikilias, the Tourism Minister of Greece, leading the charge to extend his country’s tou...
Wayne Griffiths
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, is joined by Wayne Griffiths, the CEO of Seat and Cupra, Spain’s innovative car manufacturer. From de...
Jennica Arazi
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé is joined by Jennica Arazi, the owner of Marbella Club Hotel, one of the highest-regarded stays in Spain....
Tomohiko Taniguchi, Margarita Seselgyte and Lewis Lukens
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, joins our specially convened panel of experts to look back on the pivotal events of the past 12 months ...
Jim Hagemann Snabe
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé is joined by the chairman of Siemens AG, Jim Hagemann Snabe, at the company’s Munich HQ. They discuss w...
Marc Walder
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé joins the CEO of Ringier AG, Marc Walder. They discuss where media is heading next and what our constantl...
Thomas Ahrenkiel
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé joins the former head of the Danish intelligence service and head of Macro Advisory Partners, Thomas Ahre...
Matthew Whitman Lazenby
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé joins the CEO of Miami’s Bal Harbour shops, Matthew Whitman Lazenby. Bal Harbour is a family-run retail...
Turkka Kuusisto
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of ‘The Chiefs’, Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé is joined by the CEO of Finland’s Posti, Turkka Kuusisto....
Marco Bizzarri
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of ‘The Chiefs’, Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé is joined by the CEO of Gucci, Marco Bizzarri. As the brand...
Ola Källenius
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, joins Ola Källenius, who leads both Daimler and Mercedes-Benz, to discuss why the original inventor of...
Prime Minister Kaja Kallas
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of The Chiefs, Monocle's editorial director Tyler Brûlé joins Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas on leading in times of cr...
Mark Carney
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of ‘The Chiefs’, Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé joins economist Mark Carney to get a macro view on global e...
Henrik Wenders
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of ‘The Chiefs’, Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé joins the senior vice president of Audi brand, Henrik Wende...
Michael Peter
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of ‘The Chiefs’, Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé speaks with CEO of Siemens Mobility, Michael Peter. They di...
Mayor Jan Vapaavuori
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, joins the outgoing mayor of Helsinki, Jan Vapaavuori. They discuss the path t...
Vas Narasimhan
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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Davide Grasso
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle editorial director Tyler Brûlé joins CEO of Maserati Davide Grasso for the final installation of our travel and hospitality series. They dis...
Sébastien Bazin
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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Eric Vallat
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, meets the CEO of Rémy Cointreau, Eric Vallat. They discuss the future of hos...
Blake Scholl
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, joins the founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic, Blake Scholl. They discuss the ...
Akbar Al Baker
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Monocle editorial director Tyler Brûlé is joined by the GCEO of Qatar Airways, Akbar Al Baker. They look at the state of t...
Edgar Heinrich
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of ‘The Chiefs’, Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé is joined by BMW Motorrad’s chief designer Edgar Heinrich...
Professor Joël Mesot
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editorial director and chairman Tyler Brûlé is joined by Professor Joël Mesot, president of ETH Zürich, one of the world’s leading u...
Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of ‘The Chiefs’, Monocle’s Tyler Brûlé and Andrew Tuck take a trip to Athens to visit Greek prime minister Kyriakos M...
Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of ‘The Chiefs’, Monocle’s Tyler Brûlé and Andrew Tuck take a trip to Athens to visit Greek prime minister Kyriakos M...
Best of 2020: part 2
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Edwards guides us through a curated selection of highlights from 2020’s impressive catalogue of interviews. From CEOs to city mayors, presidents...
Best of 2020, part 1
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s Tom Edwards guides us through a selection of highlights from the year’s interviews. From CEOs to city mayors and presidents, Tyler Brûl...
Best of 2020, part 1
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s Tom Edwards guides us through a selection of highlights from the year’s interviews. From CEOs to city mayors and presidents, Tyler Brûl...
Tristram Carfrae
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode Tyler Brûlé is joined by Tristram Carfrae, deputy chair of engineering powerhouse Arup. They discuss the power of a coopera...
Will Butler-Adams
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, joins Will Butler-Adams, the CEO of foldable-bicycle company Brompton. They discuss how the company handle...
Norbert Kettner
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé is joined by Norbert Kettner, who has been director of the Vienna Tourist Board for more than 10 years. They dis...
Norbert Kettner
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé is joined by Norbert Kettner, who has been director of the Vienna Tourist Board for more than 10 years. They dis...
Simonetta Sommaruga
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of ‘The Chiefs’, Monocle’s editor-in-chief, Tyler Brûlé, sits down with Simonetta Sommaruga, president of the Swiss C...
Susanne Kaufmann
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of The Chiefs, Monocle’s editor in chief Tyler Brûlé is joined by Susanne Kaufmann, founder of the eponymous cosmetics br...
Marc Spiegler
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Brûlé is joined by the global director of the world’s leading art fair editions, Marc Spiegler, to discuss what the disruption to the events...
The Chiefs conference – live from St Moritz
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We present highlights from our live conference The Chiefs, which took place in St Moritz from 17-18 September. From the man mitigating crises on the f...
Kostas Bakoyannis
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Monocle editor in chief Tyler Brûlé is joined by the mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis. They discuss why the Greek capita...
Carlo De Benedetti
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, is joined by renowned Swiss-Italian publisher Carlo De Benedetti to discuss the launch of his new print an...
Marie Sallois Dembreville
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, meets the International Olympic Committee’s director of corporate and sustainable development, Marie Sal...
John Goodwin
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, is joined by John Goodwin, the CEO of the Lego Foundation, from its home city of Billund in Denmark. We le...
Bracken Darrell
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, is joined by Bracken Darrell, the CEO of multinational technology firm Logitech. They discuss how Logitech...
Silvio Napoli
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, is joined by Silvio Napoli, the chairman of Swiss behemoth Schindler, manufacturer of everything from movi...
Peter Maurer
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, joins Tyler Brûlé to discuss the shifting funding models for international ...
David Miliband
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle editor in chief Tyler Brûlé asks leading drivers of change what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. In this episode, David Milband, CEO ...
Jeremy King
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle editor in chief Tyler Brûlé asks leading drivers of change what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. In this episode, celebrated restaura...
Emma Tucker
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, meets Emma Tucker, the editor of ‘The Sunday Times’, to discuss what it’s like to cover a global pan...
Jens Henriksson
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, meets Jens Henriksson, the CEO of Nordic financial services giant Swedbank, who talks about supporting SME...
Scott Malkin
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, talks to the CEO of Value Retail, Scott Malkin, about the luxury fashion industry’s response to coronavi...
Sergio Ermotti
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, is joined by Sergio Ermotti, the CEO of Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services giant U...
Bernd Bauer
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle editor in chief Tyler Brûlé asks leading drivers of change what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. In this week’s episode, Bernd Baue...
Vas Narasimhan
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, joins some of the world’s leading business figures to ask how we get to the other side of the crisis –...
Sarah McNally
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle editor in chief Tyler Brûlé asks leading drivers of change what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. In this episode, Sarah McNally, foun...
Andrew Cogan
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s editor in chief Tyler Brûlé asks some of the world’s leading drivers of change what challenges and opportunities lie ahead as we exit ...