About
- Former Managing Director of Condé Nast and launch publisher of Wired in the UK.
- Author of the award-winning book, The Imagination Muscle, focused on the power of human creativity in the age of technology.
- Keynote speaker on the vital role of imagination in leadership and how it connects with the new possibilities of AI.
- He has spoken to executives at major luxury goods brands, marketing agencies, the Royal College of Art, Founders Forum and the Milken Conference in Los Angeles.
Albert Read is a writer and speaker on leadership and creativity in business. His work is focused on the essential role of the imagination in leadership and the future of human creativity in the new era of Artificial Intelligence.
His recent book, The Imagination Muscle (published in the UK and US), was nominated as one of Bloomberg’s ‘Books of the Year’ (2024), The Economist’s ‘Five Essential Books on Creativity’, and is included on JP Morgan’s NextList 2025.
He has worked in senior media business roles for nearly three decades, operating at the intersection of culture, creativity, luxury and commerce. He is former Managing Director of Condé Nast UK – overseeing such titles as Vogue, GQ and Condé Nast Traveller during one of the company’s most successful periods, including the Vogue editorship of Edward Enninful. Albert Read launched Wired in the UK, diversified the Condé Nast business into new digital products, conferences, awards and education, and launched the Condé Nast operations in China, India and the UAE.
He is a senior advisor to the Milken Institute and an external advisor to Bain & Company. Albert studied Classics at New College, Oxford and has an MBA from INSEAD.