{"id":13444,"date":"2018-10-04T09:09:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T09:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=13444"},"modified":"2018-10-04T09:09:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T09:09:02","slug":"tata-starbucks-announces-navin-gurnaney-to-assume-chief-executive-officer-role-beginning-january-1-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=13444","title":{"rendered":"Tata Starbucks Announces Navin Gurnaney to Assume Chief Executive Officer Role Beginning January 1, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Current Chief Executive Officer, Sumitro Ghosh, to return to U.S. within the Starbucks organization\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

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Tata Starbucks announced Navin \u00a0Gurnaney will assume the role and responsibilities of chief executive officer, Tata Starbucks beginning January 1, 2019, when the current ceo, Sumitro Ghosh returns to U.S. for a role within the Starbucks organization.<\/p>\n

Under the leadership of\u00a0Sumitro Ghosh, ceo, since January 2016, Tata Starbucks has accelerated its store growth and has elevated the unparalleled\u00a0Starbucks Experience<\/em>\u00a0in stores. The Company has increased the level of partner (employee) engagement, set new Indian standards for gender equity in the workplace and was the first retailer to introduce a five-day work week across the country, further positioning Starbucks as an employer of choice in India and creating a foundation for success in India.<\/p>\n

\u201cSumitro Ghosh has made countless contributions to Tata Starbucks growth and success by innovating the Partner (employee) experience and elevating customer service excellence in our stores over the past three years,\u201d said John Culver, group president, International, Channel Development and Global Coffee & Tea at Starbucks Coffee Company. \u201cWe are pleased to welcome NavinGurnaney, who has a proven track record of success within Starbucks and is a business leader with the ability to bring people together, as Tata Starbucks continues to innovate and position itself for long-term growth in the India market.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking on the announcement, Ajoy Misra, MD & CEO, Tata Global Beverages Limited said \u201cSumitro has created a strong foundation for Tata Starbucks in India and Navin is the right person to build on the momentum we are seeing in the market. We are pleased to bring on a seasoned leader like Navin, who is focused on operations excellence, relevant innovation and developing high-performing teams, and look forward to continued brand and business growth for Tata Starbucks in India.\u201d<\/p>\n

Navin will be responsible for driving Tata Starbucks overall strategic direction and vision in India and further strengthening Starbucks business growth.\u00a0Navin comes with deep experience in leading and managing businesses across several functions and industries in India, Europe and the U.S. With this role, Navin is returning to Starbucks after first joining in 2004 where he was a leader on U.S. business for eight years in Operations, Drive Thru Optimization and Partner Resources.\u00a0Navin grew up in Mumbai and is excited to return to India from Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m honored to return to India as ceo of Tata Starbucks to continue building upon the incredible momentum the company has experienced in its first 6 years,\u201d said NavinGurnaney. \u201cI look forward to elevating the mission and values of the company through delivering the iconic Starbucks Experience<\/em>\u00a0for our Indian partners and customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Current Chief Executive Officer, Sumitro Ghosh, to return to U.S. within the Starbucks organization\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Tata Starbucks announced Navin \u00a0Gurnaney will assume the role and responsibilities of chief executive officer, Tata Starbucks beginning January 1, 2019, when the current ceo, Sumitro Ghosh returns to U.S. for a role within the Starbucks organization. Under the leadership […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13446,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13444\/revisions\/13446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}