Sheila Jamison

Sheila Jamison is the Chief Legal Officer at The Trade Desk, one of the world's largest and most influential independent demand-side platforms. In this role, she leads the company's global legal strategy with a particular focus on privacy regulation, data governance, and compliance — areas that sit at the very heart of programmatic advertising's ongoing evolution. Her work is central to how The Trade Desk positions itself amid sweeping regulatory changes including GDPR, CCPA, and the broader global privacy landscape. Jamison has been instrumental in guiding The Trade Desk through some of the most consequential legal and regulatory challenges in AdTech history, including the industry's transition away from third-party cookies and toward privacy-preserving identity solutions such as Unified ID 2.0 (UID2). Her legal counsel has helped shape the company's approach to identity resolution and its engagement with industry bodies working to establish new standards for addressable advertising. With a career spanning corporate law and technology, Jamison brings deep expertise in navigating the intersection of legal compliance and business strategy in fast-moving digital markets. Her influence extends beyond The Trade Desk as the company's legal posture often sets a benchmark for how the broader programmatic ecosystem approaches regulatory risk and data stewardship.

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