Facebook EMEA VP/Managing Director Joanna Shields To Become CEO Of U.K.’s Tech City

Facebook Vice President and Managing Director for Europe, the Mideast, and Africa Joanna Shields became the latest passenger on the train carrying high-profile executives departing the social network, as she announced that she will join Tech City Investment Organisation, a venture sponsored by the U.K. government and aimed at helping London’s East End create its version of Silicon Valley.

Facebook Vice President and Managing Director for Europe, the Mideast, and Africa Joanna Shields became the latest passenger on the train carrying high-profile executives departing the social network, as she announced that she will join Tech City Investment Organisation, a venture sponsored by the U.K. government and aimed at helping London’s East End create its version of Silicon Valley.

Bloomberg reported that Shields will become CEO of Tech City in January, as well as taking on the positions of chairman of the Tech City Advisory Group and business ambassador for the U.K.’s

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