Raju Menon, the Chairman and Group Managing Partner of Morison Menon, has a built up a formidable reputation in auditing, consultancy, taxation, incorporation, commercial and company law in the UAE and India. Today, Morison Menon is an AED50 million partnership with 15 companies in the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and India.

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Raju Menon, the Chairman and Group Managing Partner of Morison Menon,
has a built up a formidable reputation in auditing, consultancy, taxation,
incorporation, commercial and company law in the UAE and India. Today,
Morison Menon is an AED50 million partnership with 15 companies in the
UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and India
RAJU MENONChairman & Group Managing Partner
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Since its establishment in 1994, Morison Menon, the Dubai-based char�ered accountancy
and advisor� fir�, has played a cr�cial role in promoting invest�ent and cor�orate g�owth
in the Middle East. Leading the organization is the affable Raju Menon, Chair�an and
Group Managing Par��er. Menon’s fir� has built a reputation for a professional approach
in its ser�ices, ethical business practices and total client satisfaction. The affiliation with
Morison Inter�ational, the UK-based professional business advisors, in 1999, gave Morison
Menon access to a net�ork of 86 member fir�s across 60 count�ies, catapulting it into a
higherleag�e of globally-recog�ised fir�s.
Menon came to Dubai aſter a t�o-year stint with A F Ferg�son & Co, one of India’s oldest
audit fir�s based in Mumbai. A Fellow Char�ered Accountant accredited to the Instit�te of Char�ered Accountants of India, Menon holds a Master’s
deg�ee in Commerce and a deg�ee in Law. In 2001 Menon qualified as a Cer�ified Public Accountant from the United States.
Menon’s three decades of ex�erience have helped in t�ansfor�ing Morison Menon into a for�idable player in audit,
consultancy,taxation,incor�oration,commercialandcompanylawintheUAEandIndia.Today,MorisonMenonisan
AED50 million par��ershipwith 15 companies in the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and India.
MorisonMenonoffersawiderangeof ser�ices fromauditandassurance,invest�entandincor�oration, financialand
business advisor�, IT, human resource, proper��, healthcare and web consulting. The fir�’s list of more than 1,000
clients in the UAE includes leading names in the financial sector, insurance, retail, healthcare, leisure and others
besides gover�ment instit�tions. The fir� also is well-positioned to cater to foreig� investors setting up in free zones
through its offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE.
Abidsuppor�erforEx�o2020Dubai,MorisonMenoncollaborateswithDubaiChamber,theDepar��entofEconomic
Development, free zone authorities to raise Dubai’s invest�ent profile at t�ade fairs and indust�� events. Recently, the
fir� released the fiſth editions of its comprehensive handbooks, ‘Doing Business in Dubai’ and ‘Doing Business in Abu Dhabi’ that offer valuable
g�idance to investors.
Morison Menon has g�own in st�eng�h since its inception and today the g�oup has over 500 professionals with deg�ees in accounting, engineering,
MBA, MCA, economics, Ar�s and Law. Menon believes in equal oppor��nit� for women and this is amply reflected in the number of women
professionals being employed in the g�oup. Menon also derives a lot of st�eng�h and st�ategic advice in his business endeavours from his lovely wife
Girijawho herself is a Fellow Char�ered Accountant and takes active interest in the activities of the fir�.
OptimisticaboutDubai’seconomic f�t�reoverthenex�decade,Menonisbankingonrevivedinvestorinterest,
a planned ex�ansion into Saudi Arabia and India and awidening base of customers to make Morison Menon
the top local audit and advisor� fir� in the Middle East. To accommodate this g�owth, the fir� is moving into
owned biggeroffice premises in Dubai’s Business Bay by end 2013.
MorisonMenon’simpor�antcont�ibutiontotheregionaleconomyhasbeenrecog�isedthroughthe‘Par��erin
Success Award’ from Fujairah Free Zone Authorit� in 2007; and the Appreciation Award for int�oducing the
most numberof qualit� clients by Jebel Ali Free Zone Authorit� in 2008.
Menonwas presented the ‘NRI Visionar� Award’ by Vision Foundation, Gujarat in 2012 forraising the prestige
of Indian professionals globally and specially in the Middle East. He also received the V K Krishna Menon
Award in 2008 for outstanding cont�ibution in the field of Management and Business St�dies and India
Inter�ational Friendship Societ�’s ‘Bharat Gaurav Award’ in 2009.
MenonstayscommittedtosocialcausesthroughtheGirijaandRajuMenonFoundationwhichplanstosetasideRs30millionby2015 foritsworkwith
disadvantaged people in his native Kozhikode. Morison Menon also does honorar� work for charitable instit�tions such as the Make a Wish
Foundation and Able Foundation, cont�ibutes to rebuilding lives of tsunamivictims in India, the Char�ered Accountants’ Benevolent Fund, the Usha
School of Athletics and the Prasanthi School forChildrenwith Special Needs in India.
This respected professional from a middle-class Kerala family, whose day begins at 4.30 am, att�ibutes his success to hard work, a focused approach
andpeopleskills.Hestaysfitwithareg�larexerciseregimen,enjoyslisteningtoCar�aticmusic,andisahands-onfathertohissons,Aravind,Madhav
and Govind.