K. Balapatabendi
Kusumsiri Balapatabendi , PC (known as K. Balapatabendi) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and diplomat, He was the Permanent Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka (also known as the President's Secretary).Prior to the appointment he was the Secretary to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.Balapatabendi had also served as Chairman, SriLankan Airlines,[1] Senior Legal Adviser to President and Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand.He holds a degree and a Masters in Law of the University of Colombo.From 2004 to 2008 he served as Sri Lanka's Lankan High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand.