Veerasingham, a British national of Sri Lankan descent, joined AP in 2004 in London as a sales director for AP Television NewsThe Associated Press on Wednesday named Daisy Veerasingham as its executive vice president and chief operating officer. Ms. Veerasingham has been AP's chief revenue officer since 2019, overseeing the news cooperative's sales, product, marketing and customer operations globally. The U.S. newspaper business, AP's traditional customer base, has suffered a plunge in ad revenues because of the economic affects of the pandemic. Veerasingham, a British national of Sri Lankan descent, joined AP in 2004 in London as a sales director for AP Television News. “AP’s mission to advance the power of facts through its journalism is critically important,” Ms. Veerasingham said in a statement.

Source: The Hindu February 11, 2021 02:03 UTC