NEW DG COORD, OCDS ASSUMES OFFICE

Air Commodore TI Fernando BA (Hons) (Def Stu) ndc psc MBA MDS PG Dip in Def Mgt assumed office as the new Director General (Coordinating) of the Office of Chief of Defence Staff during a brief but formal ceremony.

He succeeded Air Vice Marshal VP Balasuriya USP MSc (Def and Strat Stu) MBA MMS MA (Def Stu) Hons PG Dip in Pub Mgt PG Dip Intl Diplomacy (IR) hdmc MIM (SL) psc.