Daisy Veerasingham

Daisy Veerasingham is a British businesswoman who has been the president and CEO of the Associated Press since 2021, succeeding Gary Pruitt.

Life
She worked for LexisNexis and the Financial Times. In 2004, she was a sales director for the AP. By 2019, she was senior vice president and chief revenue officer for the company. She was later executive vice president and chief operating officer.

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. Fifty-one years old when she took over, she was identified as a "first-generation Briton of Sri Lankan descent". 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."