Jonny Shipp

Jonny Shipp was elected as Industry Board Member in May 2010 and became Industry Vice-Chair in May 2011.

 

Jonny is Telefónica Europe’s Head of Strategy & Implementation for Digital Confidence. Telefónica Europe, known to its customers as O2, provides integrated mobile, fixed and broadband services in the UK, Ireland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

 

Jonny is an expert in content standards and online child safety, and has led wide-ranging strategic, technical and communications projects and partnerships across Europe to secure customer trust and confidence in digital products and services. As well as representing O2 on the IWF’s Board and Funding Council he contributes to UKCCIS and GSMA initiatives including the Mobile Alliance Against Child Sexual Abuse Content.

 

Educated at Sussex and Middlesex Universities, Jonny completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Social Anthropology and in Applied Informatics. He has worked in the internet and digital communications industry for 15 years and has an MBA from Henley Business School.