An independent adviser since 2017, Jonny Shipp helps organisations to drive prosperity and social progress by connecting strategy, innovation and digital responsibility.
Jonny Shipp solves problems and improves performance by building stakeholder understanding, identifying common ground and creating new strategic possibilities. He offers expert advisory and mediation services in collaboration with an established and international network of associates.
He was the founder and Executive Chair of the Internet Commission until its acquisition by the Trust Alliance Group in 2022. Pioneers of independent risk assessments and reporting for online platforms, the Internet Commission’s Accountability Reporting helped to set the scene for the risk assessments now required by the EU Digital Services Act and the UK Online Safety Act. Established in 2018, the Internet Commission's work focused on ethical business practice and how organisational cultures, systems and processes can best respond to challenges including illegal content, hate speech, cyberbullying and misinformation.
As a Visiting Fellow at London School of Economics from 2016 – 2024, he contributed to the creation of the EU Digital Services Act and the UK Online Safety Act. Before that, he served six years as the Industry Vice-Chair, Internet Watch Foundation and for 14 years he held leadership roles at the Spanish multinational telecommunications company, Telefónica.
Jonny works with an international network of associates to help organisations anticipate, navigate and comply with digital regulations in the EU and the UK. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is accredited by the Belgian Federal Mediation Commission as a mediator in civil and commercial matters.