Deepak Menon from New Delhi, India, is the new International President of Toastmasters International, the world’s leading organisation devoted to communication and leadership skills development. Menon assumed the one-year term at the organisation’s 88th annual International Convention, held from 21 to 24 August in Denver. Menon is a chartered accountant at J.P., Kapur & Uberai in New Delhi, where he is one of nine partners. He oversees management and operations, and specialises in international taxation, cross-border taxation, transfer pricing and direct taxes.
Menon served as the Chief Coordinator for the Toastmasters’ Youth Leadership program in collaboration with the American Center in New Delhi and helped build communication and leadership skills for approximately 700 underprivileged children in six cities in India. A Toastmaster since 2002, Menon’s home club is Central Delhi Toastmasters. He has held a number of high-profile leadership positions within Toastmasters and has attained the Distinguished Toastmaster designation—the highest level of educational achievement in the organisation.
“Toastmasters has taught me skills that no school, college or university can teach,” he says. “It has helped me evolve from a being a lone-player to a being a team-player; from being led to being a leader; from the problem to being the solution.” As International President, Menon is the highest ranked officer on the Toastmasters Board of Directors.
