The Baroness Shields | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Internet Crime and Harms | |
| In office December 2016 – February 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Minister for Internet Safety and Security | |
| In office December 2016 – June 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Internet Safety and Security at the Home Office | |
| In office December 2015 – June 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Internet Safety and Security at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | |
| In office May 2015 – December 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron Theresa May |
| Prime Minister’s Adviser on the Digital Economy | |
| In office June 2014 – May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 16 September 2014 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-07-12) 12 July 1962 St. Marys, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Nationality | British & American |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Andy Stevenson |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence(s) | London, UK |
| Alma mater | The Pennsylvania State University 1984, Bachelor of Science. The George Washington University 1987, Master of Business Administration; and, Doctorate in Public Service, Honoris Causa, May 2016 |
| Occupation | Technology industry executive, Former UK Minister for Internet Safety & Security, and Founder of www.weprotect.org |
| Known for | Digital industry pioneer, entrepreneur and tech industry executive |
| Website | www |
Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields, OBE (born 12 July 1962) is an American–British businesswoman and politician. Shields was made a Life Peer in the House of Lords in 2014, and later was Minister for Internet Safety and Security under David Cameron and Theresa May. She had also been Advisor on the Digital Economy to David Cameron.