Becomes Governor of Victoria on 7 April 2006. Wife Jan. Aged 66 in January 2006.,

Came to Australia from Sri Lanka at the age of nine. A father of four and a grandfather of three. Professor de Kretser worked with stem-cell scientists Alan Trounson to establish the Centre for Stem Cells and Tissue Repair in Victoria. He is associated dean of Monash University's medical faculty and director of the men's fertility group Andrology Australia.