Preply appoints data science and people executives

Preply appoints Bilal Zia as vice president of data science and analytics and Lillian Reaume as chief people officer, the company said in a press release. Both executives will be based in the United States.

Zia will oversee Preply's data science and analytics organization. He previously led data science and analytics at Duolingo, where he worked on forecasting, experimentation and machine learning personalization. He also held roles at Amazon and the World Bank.

Reaume will lead Preply's global people organization. She previously served as chief people officer at Stitch Fix and Rubrik and held human resources leadership roles for Amazon Alexa and AWS technology organizations.