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Keily Blair | |
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| Born | 1982or1983(age 41–42) Dublin, Ireland |
| Education | Oxford Brookes University |
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| Known for | CEO of OnlyFans |
Keily Blair (born 1982 or 1983) is an Irish lawyer and business executive who is the CEO of OnlyFans.
Keily Blair (born 1982 or 1983) is a native of Dublin, Ireland, [1] where she attended a private Catholic school for girls. [2] On a visit to the United States she stayed with an aunt who had studied at Oxford Brookes University. Soon after Blair was also offered a place at Oxford Brookes through clearing to study Law and Politics. In 2000, she moved to Oxford, England [3] to study for a B.A. in law and politics. [2] [3]
Blair is trained as a lawyer and spent early career years in English law firms. [4] The Legal Cheek Careers Team notes that "[b]y the time Blair started the LPC [Legal Practice Course] at BPP [Law School] in 2004, she’d secured a training contract at... [the] firm Allen & Overy", a "Magic Circle" firm, joining them (by her description) in September 2005. [5] After that, she held a position at Morrison & Foerster.[ when? ][ where? ] [4]
As of May 2019, Keily was the Director, Co-Lead of Contentious Data Protection Strategy, Legal and Compliance Services at Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) in the United Kingdom. [6] Blair left Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, the London office of a San Francisco law firm, [7] [ better source needed ] in January 2022, where she was head of cyber, privacy and data innovation, [4] [1] with OnlyFans among her clients. [3] [8] She departed after being recruited by OnlyFans, where she began as chief strategy and operations officer; [3] Todd Spangler, writing for Variety , describes her initial responsibilities there as leading their "trust and safety operations and [being] responsible for developing, executing and communicating OnlyFans’ strategic initiatives and future goals to users, commercial partners and other key stakeholders." [4] During this time, she was an advocate for the Online Safety Bill in the UK. [1] Blair was named chief executive officer of OnlyFans in July 2023, succeeding Amrapali Gan. [4]
Blair was the recipient of the "Women in the City Future Leaders Award" in 2015. [5] In 2016, she won Spark21's "Inspirational Women in Law Award", its first recipient. [5] [6]
As of September 2022, Blair lived in London. [1] As of January 2018, she was described as being a single parent to two. [5]
Blair, 39, is a native Dubliner who moved to London for law school and never went back.
...in Dublin, ...Keily attended a private, all girls, Catholic school. ...she travelled to America, staying with an aunt who had studied at Oxford Brookes. Keily was also offered a place through clearing to study Law and Politics [at Oxford Brookes].
Blair was raised in Dublin, Ireland before moving to Oxford in 2000 to obtain her bachelor of arts in law and politics from Oxford Brookes University, per her LinkedIn bio.
Blair, who has a background as a lawyer and business exec, previously led OnlyFans' trust and safety operations and was responsible for developing, executing and communicating OnlyFans' strategic initiatives and future goals to users, commercial partners and other key stakeholders. Prior to joining the company in January 2022, she served as partner – head of cyber, privacy and data innovation at London-based law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Previously she worked at PwC and law firms Morrison & Foerster and Allen & Overy.
An exclusive interview with Keily Blair, the first winner of the Inspirational Women in Law Awards organised by Spark21 in 2016. Keily is Director, Co-Lead of Contentious Data Protection Strategy, Legal and Compliance Services at PwC United Kingdom.Note, this quotation constitutes the only curated textual content at source; all other material is self-reported (video interview), and so requires a timestamp for verifiability.
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