PNC Menon is Chairman and Founder of Sobha Group, a multinational real estate and construction group with diversified interests and investments in the UAE, India, Oman, Bahrain, Brunei and Tanzania. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the Groups operational strategy across its subsidiaries, including PNC Architects, Sobha Electromechanical, Sobha Interiors, Sobha Horticulture, Sobha Restoplus and Sobha Contracting. Menon has over 40 years of experience in the premium real estate and construction sector. He began his career in Oman with the launch of interior design firm Services & Trade Company that established itself as one of the largest turnkey interiors and contracting solutions providers in the GCC region. Menon founded Sobha India in 1994. Owing to unprecedented growth, the company issued an initial public offering (IPO), which was oversubscribed by a record 126 times. With a presence in 24 cities and 13 states across the subcontinent, Sobha is India’s third-largest real estate development company in terms of total square feet delivered and the world only backward-integrated real estate company. After entering the Dubai market, Menon launched two iconic projects in the heart of the city Sobha Hartland, a US$4 billion mixed-use luxury development that includes villas, townhouses and apartments, and District One, a US$8 billion joint venture with Meydan Group, comprising 1,500 ultra-luxury villas. Menon actively participates in philanthropic initiatives in the UAE, India and Oman. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Rashid Centre for the Determined Ones. Along with his wife Sobha Menon, he is also a signatory of the global philanthropic campaign The Giving Pledge.