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Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields, OBE (born 12 July 1962) is a British-American business executive and parliamentarian.
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Early life and education
Shields grew up in St. Marys, Pennsylvania.[1] She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Penn State University in 1984.[2] Then, she earned an MBA from George Washington University.[3] Shields started her career in Washington D.C.,[1][4] before moving to Silicon Valley.[1]
Career
In 1989 Shields joined Electronics for Imaging (Efi) as a product manager[5] and later was appointed as Vice President of Production Systems.[2] She left in 1997 to become CEO at Veon.[1][6]
Shields then moved to London to run RealNetworks EMEA.[1][3][6] Subsequently, she was appointed as the director of EMEA Syndication & Partnerships for Google.[1][7] Shields also served as the CEO of social networking company Bebo before securing its acquisition by Aol for $850 million.[1][3] After the acquisition, she was appointed President of Aol's "social and communications products" division.[2][3] Then, she served as VP of EMEA for Facebook.[8][9]
In 2013, David Cameron appointed Shields the CEO and Chair of Tech City, a government-funded organization focused on encouraging tech companies to do business in London[3][9][10] and as UK Ambassador for Digital Industries.[2] Shields later served as the U.K.'s first Minister for Internet Safety and Security.[8] In this role, Shields was responsible for developing policies related to online safety and combating digital crimes.[11] She founded an organization called WePROTECT in 2014, focused on preventing child sexual exploitation online.[12] She was given the title "Baroness Shields, of Maida Vale in the City of Westminster" at the 2014 Peerage of England.[12] Shields was also appointed as the Parliamentary Under Secretary in 2015.[11]
Shields became the CEO of BenevolentAI from 2018 - 2023.[8][13] From 2020-2022 Shields served as co-chair of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence.[14]