Baroness Joanna Shields

WeProtect Global Alliance Management board member and founder of WePROTECT

Baroness Joanna Shields
Joanna Shields (Baroness Shields OBE) is currently working as the founder of Precognition, guiding government and business leaders on AI solutions for a better future.

Baroness Joanna Shields OBE is a British/American technology industry luminary, parliamentarian, and passionate advocate for responsible technology that benefits humanity. With over thirty-five years of experience, she has built companies, products, and platforms that have transformed markets and reshaped industries. Her professional experience includes executive roles at tech giants Facebook, Google, Aol, and RealNetworks, where she scaled operations globally and delivered exponential growth in revenue and users. As a startup CEO, Joanna led Bebo and Veon to successful acquisitions and transformed BenevolentAI into a leader in AI drug discovery. Currently, as the founder of Precognition, she advises government and business leaders on AI solutions for a better future.

Ennobled in 2014, Baroness Shields has served in government as the UK Minister for Internet Safety & Security, Digital Economy Adviser to the Prime Minister, UK Ambassador for Digital Industries, and Chair/CEO of TechCityUK. She is a life peer in the House of Lords, a leading global advocate for child protection online, and the founder of the WeProtect Global Alliance.

An influential voice on ethical AI, Joanna serves on the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on AI and the Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity and was twice elected Co-Chair of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI). The uniting theme of her work today is advancing responsible AI development for the benefit of all in society.

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