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TRIBUTE TO MY LONG STANDING FRIEND & COLLEAGUE PETER MOHAN RANIL MENDIS (PMR) Source : linkedin.com Mohan and I have been very good friends from as far back as January 1951. Just two Weeks previously, he surprised me with a sudden very short visit – in hindsight I believe to say ‘final farewell’. He had not been too well for sometime and had been under medication, but always pleasantly working with confidence. Our friendship started at Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa in 1951, and went on at S. Thomas College, Mount Lavinia, and later in Professional Accountancy. He started his career at Hulugalle & Wikramanayake & Co., Chartered Accountants. It is here that he met his lifelong partner Oranea, also a Chartered Accountant. Mohan went on to Forbes & Walker and when he passed away, just before his 75th Birthday on 3rd September 2022, he was an active Director Marketing & ...