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'''Joanna Shields''' (Baroness Shields) is the adviser to the Prime Minister of the digital economy and the chairman of [[Tech City]] UK.

Shields was appointed to the House of Lords on 16 September 2014.<ref> Parliament.UK [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-shields/4325 Baroness Shields], accessed 7 April 2015.</ref>

==Career==
Shields has worked for a number of the worlds best-known technology companies, including [[Electronics for Imaging]]; [[RealNetworks]]; managing director of Europe, Russia, Middle East and Africa at [[Google]]; president of peoples networks [[Aol]]; and vice president and managing director of [[Facebook]] as well as leading several start-ups to successful acquisitions including [[Bebo]], [[Decru]] and [[Veon]].

Shields has worked on behalf of the [[Home Office]] and the US Department of Justice, leading the US/UK taskforce to combat online sexual exploitation of children and in 2014 launched [[WeProtect]] forum.

She is currently the [[David Cameron]]'s adviser on the digital economy, chairman of [[Tech City]] UK and non-executive director of the [[London Stock Exchange Group]].<ref name="JS"> Joanna Shields [http://www.joannashields.com/about/ About], accessed 7 April 2015.</ref>

==Support for the Conservatives==
On the 1 April 2015 Shields was one of the [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the telegraph]] praising the [[Conservative]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 7 April 2015.</ref>

==Affiliations==
*[[American School in London]], board of trustees<ref name="JS"/>

===Former affiliations===
*[[Save the Children]] UK, trustee
*[[NSPCC]]'s [[There4Me]], trustee
*[[Prince's Trust Internet and Media Leadership Group]], trustee
*[[Women's Business Council]], trustee<ref name="JS"/>

==Education==
*Bachelor of Science, [[Pennsylvania State University]] 1984
*Master's in Business Administration, [[George Washington University]] 1987<ref name="JS"/>

==Notes==

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[[Category:Telegraph Letter General Election 2015|Shields, Joanna]][[Category:Conservative Party|Shields, Joanna]]

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 Shields was appointed to the House of Lords on 16 September 2014.<ref> Parliament.UK [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-shields/4325 Baroness Shields], accessed 7 April 2015.</ref>
-On 13 May 2015 she took up the unpaid role of Minister for Internet Safety and Security at the [[Department for Culture,Media and Sport]]. <ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-shields/4325 Baroness Shields Biography]Parliament Website, accessed 25 September 2015</ref>
+On 13 May 2015 she took up the unpaid role of Minister for Internet Safety and Security at the [[Department for Culture, Media and Sport]]. <ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-shields/4325 Baroness Shields Biography]Parliament Website, accessed 25 September 2015</ref>
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 ==Affiliations==
 *[[American School in London]], board of trustees<ref name="JS"/>
-*Advisory board member, [[OpenEurope]] <ref>[http://openeurope.org.uk/ Open Europe Board, June 2016], OpenEurope, accessed 15 June 2016</ref>
+*Advisory board member, [[Open Europe]] <ref>[http://openeurope.org.uk/ Open Europe Board, June 2016], OpenEurope, accessed 15 June 2016</ref>
 ===Former affiliations===

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 ==Support for the Conservatives==
-On the 1 April 2015 Shields was one of the [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the telegraph]] praising the [[Conservative]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 7 April 2015.</ref>
+On 1 April 2015 Shields was one of [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph]] praising the British [[Conservative Party]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 7 April 2015.</ref>
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