Three years after taking over as chief executive officer of Tata Starbucks, Sumitro Ghosh will make way for Navin Gurnaney, who will become CEO of the company effective January 1. Gurnaney will be the third CEO of Tata Starbucks in six years. The JV first opened its store in October 2012 under Avani Davda, the youngest CEO then within the Tata group. She quit in December 2015 to make way for Ghosh in January 2016.
On Wednesday, Tata Starbucks, the 50:50 joint venture between Tata Global Beverages and Seattle-based Starbucks Corporation, said Ghosh was returning to the US