Lt. Gen. Denis Perera has been appointed as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka and the Insurance Board of Sri Lanka by the Hon. Minister of Finance.

Lt. Gen. Denis Perera joined the Sri Lanka Army in 1952 where he served in various regimental and staff appointments and in 1957 he was selected to attend a post graduate course at the Royal College of Military Engineering in UK. In 1961 he qualified to attend the British Army's Staff College from which he graduated.

Some of the subsequent appointments he held includes 3 years as Military Adviser to Sri Lanka's High Commission in London; 4 years as Commandant of the Army's Training Centre Diytalawa and Commander of the Army's Southern Command. In October 1977, at the age of 47 years Lt. Gen. Denis Perera was appointed Commander of the Sri Lanka Army. He was the first Sandhurst trained officer and first Engineer officer to hold this post.

When Honours and Awards were introduced to the Sri Lanka Armed Forces in 1980, Lt. Gen. Denis Perera was the first officer to be decorated with the Vishista Seva Vibushana (VSV) by H.E. the President for exceptional, distinguished and loyal service to the Nation. He retired from service at the age of 51 years after 32 years in the Army on completion of his statutory tenure of command.

Thereafter, Lt. Gen. Denis Perera was appointed High Commissioner for Sri Lanka to the South Pacific Regions with residence in Canberra. He returned to Sri Lanka in 1986 and H.E. the President appointed him to Chair a Committee of Service Commanders, the IGP and others to plan for National Service and advice on Manpower Mobilization.

In 1989 he relinquished his public appointments and joined the private sector where he held the following positions:
Chairman and Chief Executive of Blackwood Hodge (Ceylon) Limited

Non-Executive Chairman, G.T.E. Directories Lanka (Pte) Limited

Non-Executive Chairman, B.I.P. Associates

Non-Executive B.H. Securities (Pvt) Limited

Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Ceylon Tobacco Co., Ltd., and CTC Trading. In 1997 Lt. Gen. Denis Perera was appointed Chairman of Ceylon Tobacco Co., Limited.

Non-Executive Chairman of Comserve (Pte) Limited.

Lt. Gen. Denis Perera had his secondary education at St. Peter's College where he matriculated was a Prefect and a School Cadet. He represented the school at Rugby, Athletics, Tennis and Rifle Shooting.

In January 1991 at its first convocation, the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy conferred on Lt. Gen. Denis Perera the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters for services rendered towards the National Security of Sri Lanka and for initiating and establishing the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy.

He is currently a Vice President of the Organization of Professional Association (OPA) and was appointed by the Government of Sri Lanka to the Defence Review Committee in which he functions.

His association with the Institute of British Management goes back to 1963 when he was accepted as an Associate Member (AMBIM). In 1975 he was awarded Membership (MBIM) and in 1980 was designated a Fellow (FBIM).

In 1958 Lt. Gen. Denis Perera married Ranjini Perera and they have three sons.

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Officer-in-Charge.

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