David Ratnavale is a psychiatrist and personal advisor to the President of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

. He was the chairman of Human Disaster Management council of Sri Lanka. Dr Ratnavale had his primary and secondary education in Trinity College, Kandy

Trinity College, Kandy

Trinity College, Kandy founded in 1872 by Anglican missionaries, is an Independent elite private boys’ school providing primary and secondary education in Sri Lanka...

 where he won The Ryde Gold Medal

The Ryde Gold Medal

The Ryde Gold Medal is awarded each year to the "best all-round boy" at Trinity College, Kandy, an elite school in Sri Lanka founded in the 19th century and moulded in the British Public School tradition. The Ryde Gold Medal is the highest honour that the School can bestow...

for the best all round boy in 1947. Married to Elna Anna-Kristin Danhed of Sweden(1939-)and father of Ramarro Johan Ratnavale(1965-) and William Marcel Anand Ratnavale (1967-).