Cafe Coffee Day Global Ltd, appointed its new CEO Malavika Hedge after the demise of her husband and company owner VG Siddhartha in July 2019. The CEO is appointed with effect from December 7. Malavika is the daughter of BJP leader and former External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and was assinged as Director of the company prior to this position. Siddhartha was found dead on July 31 2019 and the death was reported as a suicide.