Lillian Reaume has joined Preply as Chief People Officer, leading its global people organization, after previously holding the same role at Stitch Fix and Rubrik, and earlier HR leadership roles at Amazon and AWS. Bilal Zia has joined as Vice President of Data Science and Analytics, overseeing the company's data science and analytics organization. Both executives will be based in the U.S. and bring experience from Amazon, Rubrik and Duolingo. The appointments follow Preply's announcement of a $1.2 billion valuation after a $150M Series D round led by WestCap earlier this year. The language learning marketplace now connects learners in 180 countries with more than 150,000 tutors teaching over 90 languages.
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