Originally from the USA, Bligh Conway has worked as an educator for more than 20 years. He has taught both in the Advanced Placement program and in the IB. 

Bligh received his Master's Degree in Russian Military History from the University of Tennessee, where he wrote his Master's Thesis on Soviet Poster and Film Propaganda during the Second World War. For most of his career, Bligh worked at the Anglo-American School of St. Petersburg, where he taught History, Philosophy, and Film Studies. A good deal of his leadership experience was in helping to build the Anglo-American High School Program from the ground up and also in assisting the St. Petersburg ex-patriot community weather a turbulent school year when Anglo-American was shut down along with its sponsors, the British and American Consulates. Bligh moved with his students and High School colleagues to the UK and then to Moscow before helping oversee the opening of a replacement school for Anglo-American. He has taught at UWC Changshu for two years, both as a Philosophy Teacher and as a Film Teacher. He is joined in Changshu by his wife, Marina. They have a son who is a project manager at Google in the USA.