Oliver Read

Oliver Read oversees GPPi communications and is responsible for the production of the institute’s published work.

In parallel, Oliver is the founder and creative director of Ayla, a design and innovation company. Before founding Ayla, he served as creative director at Micropsi Industries, a Berlin-based software company that develops artificial intelligence for industrial robots. Prior to that role, he led communications at GPPi from 2010 to 2018.

While living in Washington, DC, Oliver worked as a web manager and editor for the Pew Research Center and as an associate editor at the PBS NewsHour. He holds advanced degrees in international relations from the Free University Berlin and in journalism from Boston University. He studied literature and philosophy as an undergraduate.