Aden Hepburn’s Akcelo hires former VMLY&R design director Mark Berry

Aden Hepburn’s new brand experience agency, Akcelo, has hired Mark Berry to lead its design practice as partner and executive design director.

Hepburn, the former co-CEO at VMLY&R, launched the agency earlier this year alongside Miles Scott and Dave Di Veroli. Berry, VMLY&R’s design director, was part of last year’s exodus from the agency which saw exits including Scott and Di Veroli, following Hepburn and co-CEO Pete Bosilkovski‘s departures.

Berry, Di Veroli and Scott were all employees of VML, under Hepburn’s leadership, prior to its merger with Y&R.