Summary
Julien Deslangles-blanch is a global operations and strategy leader with 15+ years scaling education and tech-focused businesses across Europe, APAC and North America. As founder of BrightKind and former VP/COO at General Assembly, he has a track record of designing scalable operating models, leading multi-market expansions, and turning complex restructurings into sustained profitability. He combines hands-on P&L management and contract negotiation experience with a talent for building distributed leadership teams and governance that work across time zones. His background in diplomacy and Asia strategy, plus graduate study in China and at Johns Hopkins SAIS, gives him uncommon strength in cross-cultural market entry and policy-sensitive deals. Fluent in five languages, he pairs a global network with a pragmatic, people-centred approach to operational transformation. He drinks an unreasonable amount of tea—evidence of stamina in long strategic sprints.
13 years of coding experience