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• Octavia Reeve Associate Director Ada Lovelace Institute

Octavia Reeve is Associate Director (Impact & research practice) at the Ada Lovelace Institute. Her role connects research design to strategy, project planning, external outputs, impact and evaluation, ensuring that the Institute fulfils its commitment to make data and AI work for people and society.

Before joining the Ada Lovelace Institute, Octavia worked in the creative and cultural industries as a gallerist and artist studio manager, in publishing as a commissioning editor, and in the technology sector as a product manager. Most recently, she worked in higher education, leading on strategic content and impact at the Royal College of Art. She is also an advisory board member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded project ‘Patterns in practice’ at the University of Sheffield.