Victoria Baines is Professor of Information Technology at Gresham College, London’s oldest higher education institution, where she delivers public lectures that demystify world-changing technologies. Her areas of research include digital ethics, cybersecurity, and the misuse of emerging technologies. She also provides research expertise to several international organizations. For several years, Victoria was Facebook’s Trust & Safety Manager for EMEA. Prior to this, she led the Strategy team at the European Cyber Crime Centre (EC3), where she was responsible for the EU’s cyber threat analysis and horizon scanning. Victoria chairs the Information Security Panel of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and is Deputy Chair of the Lord Mayor of London's Initiative on Ethical AI.