Overview

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male

As group president, Americas, EMEA and Teavana, Cliff Burrows is responsible for all of Starbucks operations in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Russia and the Middle East, as well as the expansion of Teavana retail stores.Prior to Cliff’s promotion to group president, he was president of Starbucks Coffee U.S. and Americas from 2011-2013. Immediately prior to assuming responsibility for Starbucks across the Americas, Cliff was responsible for the company’s U.S. operations from March 2008-October 2011.

Cliff joined Starbucks in 2001 as managing director of the United Kingdom. In April 2006, Cliff was named president for Starbucks Coffee EMEA B.V. and led the region as it grew to more than 1,350 stores across 24 countries.Prior to joining Starbucks, Cliff was managing director for Habitat, the home furnishings company, where he was responsible for the company’s UK business and European retail and franchises. During his 19 year career with Habitat, Cliff spent seven years working for Heals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Habitat. Cliff started his career with Littlewoods plc as a management trainee.