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Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields, OBE (born 12 July 1962) is a British-American business executive and parliamentarian.

Early life and education
Shields grew up in St. Marys, Pennsylvania. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Penn State University in 1984. Then, she earned an MBA from George Washington University. Shields started her career in Washington D.C., before moving to Silicon Valley.

Career
In 1989 Shields joined Electronics for Imaging (Efi) as a product manager and later was appointed as Vice President of Production Systems. She left in 1997 to become CEO at Veon.

Shields then moved to London to run RealNetworks EMEA. Subsequently, she was appointed as the director of EMEA Syndication & Partnerships for Google. Shields also served as the CEO of social networking company Bebo before securing its acquisition by Aol for $850 million. After the acquisition, she was appointed President of Aol's "social and communications products" division. Then, she served as VP of EMEA for Facebook.

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 and as UK Ambassador for Digital Industries. Shields later served as the U.K.'s first Minister for Internet Safety and Security. In this role, Shields was responsible for developing policies related to online safety and combating digital crimes. She founded an organization called WePROTECT in 2014, focused on preventing child sexual exploitation online. She was given the title "Baroness Shields, of Maida Vale in the City of Westminster" at the 2014 Peerage of England. Shields was also appointed as the Parliamentary Under Secretary in 2015.

Shields became the CEO of BenevolentAI from 2018 - 2023. From 2020-2022 Shields served as co-chair of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence.