Ajaz Ahmed has announced the launch of marketing agency, Studio.One.

Ahmed was the founder and CEO at AKQA, a WPP-owned digital design and communications agency. He left the agency in October last year. His departure was followed by several other senior exits.

Ahmed was at AKQA’s helm for three decades, having founded the company in 1994 at 21 years old before it was acquired by WPP in 2012.

In 2020, the business merged with sister agency Grey to form the AKQA Group.

According to reports, Ahmed is set to launch Studio.One on 1 May, along with other former AKQA employees, Ron Peterson and Johnny Budden.

He made this news known through a post on LinkedIn that had an introductory video of Studio.One.