Daisy Veerasingham

Daisy Veerasingham was born in August 1969.{{cite web | url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/d3YE_NAvUrojN4Kj4qYZIBKsRCg/appointments | title=Daisy Rubini VEERASINGHAM personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK }} She grew up in London and holds a degree in law.{{Cite web |title=Daisy Veerasingham |url=https://www.journalismfestival.com/speaker/daisy-veerasingham |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo |language=en-US}} She worked for LexisNexis and the Financial Times.{{Cite web|title=Daisy Veerasingham Named President and CEO of The Associated Press|url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/daisy-veerasingham-named-president-and-ceo-of-the-associated-press,199271|access-date=2021-08-05|website=Editor and Publisher|date=3 August 2021 |language=en}} In 2004, she joined AP and was a sales director for the AP Television in London. By 2019, she was senior vice president and chief revenue officer for the company.{{Cite news|last=Robertson|first=Katie|date=2021-08-03|title=The Associated Press names Daisy Veerasingham its new chief.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/business/media/associated-press-ceo.html|access-date=2021-08-05|issn=0362-4331}} She was later executive vice president and chief operating officer.{{Cite web|date= 10 February 2021 |title=AP promotes Daisy Veerasingham to COO|url=https://apnews.com/article/daisy-veerasingham-ap-e501c26402d66ab4881de6962e238745|access-date=2021-08-05|website=AP News|language=en}}

Veerasingham joined AP in 2004 as sales director for AP Television News in London. Previously she was group sales and marketing director at LexisNexis and held sales and marketing roles at the Financial Times.

Veerasingham became the first woman, first "person of colour" and first person from outside of the United States to lead the AP in its 175-year history.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-04 |title=First woman appointed CEO for AP {{!}} Arkansas Democrat Gazette |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/aug/04/first-woman-appointed-ceo-for-ap/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.arkansasonline.com |language=en}} Fifty-one years old when she took over, she was identified as a "first-generation Briton of Sri Lankan descent".{{cite news |title=Sri Lankan descent Daisy Veerasingham to head Associated Press! |date=2021-08-05 |author=LANKA SARA |url=https://lankasara.com/news/daisy/ |website=lankasara.com |access-date=15 February 2025}}{{cite news |title=British national of Sri Lankan decent, Daisy Veerasingham named President and CEO of The Associated Press |date=2021-08-04 |author=MDWLive.net |url=https://mdwlive.net/2021/08/04/british-national-of-sri-lankan-decent-daisy-veerasingham-named-president-and-ceo-of-the-associated-press/ |website=mdwlive.net |access-date=15 February 2025}}{{cite news |title=UK national of Sri Lankan descent named AP president and CEO |date=2021-08-04 |url=https://colombogazette.com/2021/08/04/uk-national-of-sri-lankan-descent-named-ap-president-and-ceo/ |website=colombogazette.com |access-date=15 February 2025}} News reports noted that her appointment reflected the "changing portrait of the AP, where 40% of the company's revenue, double what it was 15 years ago, is now generated outside of the United States."

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