Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields

The Right Honourable The Baroness Shields OBE
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 September 2014 Life peerage
Personal details
Born	(1962-07-12) 12 July 1962 (age 62) 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	http://www.joannashields.com [1]

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.