Krishantha Cooray appointed to UNP Working Committee

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Top media personality Krishantha Prasad Cooray has been appointed a member of the United National Party’s Working Committee, the party’s apex decision making body.

He was presented with a letter of appointment by UNP National Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe last morning and attended the party’s Working Committee meeting at Sirikotha yesterday evening. Cooray was the Founder CEO and Managing Director of the Rivira Media Corporation, a publishing house then owned by the Richard Peiris Group, which printed the Rivira and The Nation newspapers. He has also served as a News Consultant at a major private broadcaster in Sri Lanka. Cooray, who has been involved in Sri Lanka’s media scene in various capacities, is an old boy of S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia. He holds an honours degree in Law and Political Science from the University of Middlesex in the UK. He has served in senior management positions at several private sector companies, including Ceylinco and Richard Peiris Ltd. In founding the newspaper company for Richard Peiris, Cooray broke new ground by attempting to professionalise careers in journalism. Cooray has been a strong advocate of media rights and the public’s right to information.