James Coomarasamy

James Coomarasamy is a British presenter on BBC World Service programme Newshour.

Before joining Newshour in 2010, Coomarasamy spent a year presenting the now defunct programme Europe Today. Prior to moving behind the microphone he had been a BBC correspondent in Warsaw, followed by Paris then Washington, D.C. before returning to Europe.

Coomarasamy was born in London to parents of English and Sri Lankan ancestry.

Coomarasamy was educated at Christ's Hospital School, an independent school for boys (now co-educational), near Horsham, West Sussex, followed by the University of Cambridge, where he studied Modern and Medieval Languages. He is fluent in French, Russian and speaks some Polish.

Coomarasamy is married to Nanette, with whom he has two children: a son, Finn, and a daughter, Maya.

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