Denis Perera
[1] He was also the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Ceylon Tobacco Company and Chancellor of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University.He would hold this post till 31 October 1981 when he retired from the army having been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General on his last day of service.KDA awarded him a Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) and he was made its second Chancellor on 9 November 1995 and served till 30 December 2010.[2][4] Following his retirement from the army he lived a very active life, he was appointed Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Australia – which also include accreditation to New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Fiji.He was the chairman (non-executive) of the Securities & Exchange Commission, Ceylon Tobacco Company, Blackwood Hodge Engineering and GTE Directories Lanka.