Ms. Cooray is the Managing Director of Jetwing Travels (Pvt) Limited - an inbound / outbound travel agent in Sri Lanka and also a director of Jetwing Hotels (Pvt) Ltd., a hotel management company that owns and manages eleven hotels in Sri Lanka. She is also the past president of the Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) in Sri Lanka. Having completed her higher studies in the United Kingdom she embarked on a career in accountancy and is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom. She also holds a masters degree in business management from the University of Colombo. Prior to joining the travel & tourism trade, she worked as the finance director of J. Walter Thompson Ltd., Colombo for 5 years and held a similar position at Mojo Hong Kong Ltd., for 2 years.