Deepak Menon, of New Delhi, India, is the new International President of Toastmasters International, the world's leading organization devoted to communication and leadership skills development. Menon assumed the one-year term at the organization's 88th annual International Convention, held Aug. 21–24 in Denver, Colo.
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 specializes in international taxation, cross-border taxation, transfer pricing and direct taxes. Menon is also a trustee of the Columban Endowment Trust, a nonprofit organization. Menon is a fellow chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, where he also earned a Diploma in Information Systems Auditing. 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. He also served as secretary of St. Columba's School's alumni society Old Columbans Association, and in 2006, co-founded the publishing house, Ambi Knowledge Resources Private Limited. 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 organization. "Toastmasters has taught me skills that no school, college or university can teach," he says. "It has helped me evolve from being a lone-player to being a team-player; from being led to being a leader; from the problem to being the solution." |
A proud Toastmaster since 1987, she shares insights with us gleamed from with over 45 years in marketing, plus over 30 years as a professional speaker, and as a 17-time published author. Sheryl followed Helen Blanchard, and served as District 5 Governor in 1993, responsible for members residing in two states, three counties and two countries (US and Mexico).
Honored for her global contributions to our organization, she received the Presidential Citation in 2009, selected from over 260,000 members. Sheryl is the author of our Heart of a Toastmaster, which received the 2014 “Best Anthology” from the International Book Awards. Her Solid Gold Newsletter Design book, designed for Toastmasters VPs and PRMs, has been a course book for marketing communication at the University of Ottawa. At the Toronto convention in 1993 Sheryl was the sixth woman (and the youngest) to be honored by Toastmasters with the elite Accredited Speaker professional credential (judged in six categories). Since 1981 only 87 have earned the award in 143 countries. Today, she is a lead ambassador globally for the Accredited Speaker Program. As a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association since 1996, Sheryl earned the Golden Microphone Award from National Speakers Association/ LA Chapter, and “Member of the Year” from both Los Angeles and San Diego Chapters. She often speaks at the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) Chapters as well. |
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