Vanu Gopala Menon

K. V. Vanu Gopala Menon s/o Ambalapatt Bhaskaran Menon (born 8 September 1960) is a Singaporean diplomat. Menon was the Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations from 16 September 2004 to August 2011. He then became the Ambassador of Singapore to Malaysia from 25 November 2014.

Education Menon was educated at the National University of Singapore, receiving a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration in 1985. He was awarded a Master of Science in International Relations from the London School of Economics in 1994.

Career Menon joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in June 1985, becoming Deputy Secretary in 2011.

From December 2001 to August 2004, Menon was Permanent Representative to the United Nations and World Trade Organisation in Geneva and concurrently Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey.