Jessica Phinn has been appointed Chief People Officer. In this newly created role, Phinn will lead all aspects of human resources, from recruitment through onboarding, employee engagement and beyond.

Phinn joins Modern Campus with a wealth of experience across more than 20 years of progressive human resources leadership at multiple large organisations, including Pepsi Bottling Group and Loblaw.

Before joining Modern Campus, Phinn held the position of Senior Vice President, people and engagement at Nelson Education, Canada's leading K-12 education company.

"Maintaining our rapid growth requires creativity and passion at every level of the organisation," chief executive officer at Modern Campus CEO Brian Kibby says.

"Bringing in Jessica as Modern Campus's Chief People Officer positions us to continue our exponential growth by harnessing the talent and engagement of every member of our team.

"Her leadership will enable us to create a truly welcoming environment for everyone who's joined Modern Campus recently through acquisition while continuing our tradition of excellence in building a workplace that rewards and nurtures leaders," Kibby adds.

"Modern Campus has a well-earned reputation as a beacon for top edtech talent, and because of this and the highly engaged leadership team, it is a role that I found to be extremely compatible and one that I simply couldn't pass up," Phinn says.