MUMBAI: Tata Starbucks has appointed Sumi Ghosh as CEO with effect from 1 January, 2016. 

The move comes in the wake of the company’s current CEO Avani Davda’s resignation. Davda has been instrumental in establishing the Tata Starbucks business and positioning Starbucks as the premier coffee house experience in India. 

Tata Starbucks is a 50:50 joint venture between Starbucks Coffee company and Tata Global Beverages. The company said that Davda made the personal decision to pursue other opportunities and accordingly resigned from her current assignment as CEO. 

Ghosh is an eight-year Starbucks partner and brings three decades of consumer retail experience.

Since its entry in the Indian market in October 2012, Tata Starbucks has opened as many as 70 Starbucks stores across the country