A Visionary Leader for Skills, Inclusion and Climate Action
Daniel Irungu Thiong’o is an illustrious building professional, vocational skills trainer, and youth empowerment leader with a strong commitment to climate action and practical transformation.
He serves as Director, CEO, and Head of Programmes at 360 Climate Institutes, where he leads initiatives designed to equip underserved youth with vocational, digital, life, and soft skills for a changing world.
His work reflects a clear mission to open doors for young people, especially those not in education, employment, or training, by creating accessible, inclusive, and future-ready learning opportunities.
Leadership Highlights
Mission and Youth Empowerment Focus
Daniel’s leadership is deeply centered on empowering underserved youth, especially those facing barriers to education, employment, and opportunity.
Inclusive Opportunity
He is committed to expanding tuition-free and inclusive training opportunities regardless of academic or financial background, helping restore dignity, hope, and access.
Practical Skills Development
His approach emphasizes hands-on, market-relevant training that equips youth with practical competencies for work, enterprise, and long-term self-reliance.
Climate-Conscious Futures
Through climate action, environmental stewardship, and sustainable learning models, he helps shape a generation of resilient and environmentally conscious young leaders.
Professional and Technical Background
With a strong foundation in building construction, technical training, and project management, Daniel brings multidisciplinary expertise across engineering, education, and sustainability.
He previously served at Maiyan Holdings Ltd, where he contributed to construction supervision, project delivery, and real estate sales and marketing.
This blend of technical knowledge, practical leadership, and field experience strengthens his ability to guide relevant, real-world programmes that connect learning with opportunity.
Experience Highlights
His Role at 360 Climate Institutes
At 360 Climate Institutes, Daniel Irungu Thiong’o serves as CEO and Head of Programmes, providing strategic leadership for the institute’s learning model, outreach, and programme implementation.
He champions innovative, hands-on training approaches that combine vocational excellence, computer and digital literacy, life and soft skills, smart farming, climate awareness, and environmental stewardship.
Through this leadership, he continues to mobilize youth and communities toward resilient, inclusive, and sustainable futures grounded in practical skills and meaningful transformation.
What He Helps Advance
Service, Leadership and Community Impact
Daniel Irungu Thiong’o stands out as a dynamic leader committed to shaping a generation of skilled, empowered, and climate-conscious young people for a greater and brighter future.
His leadership reflects a deep belief that young people can become solution providers in their communities when given the right environment, practical skills, and values-based support.
Through his work, he continues to advance a vision of transformation that aligns with 360 Climate Institutes’ commitment to nurture, empower, sustain, and transform lives and communities through practical learning and purposeful action.
Leadership Signature
Shaping Skilled, Resilient and Climate Conscious Youth for a Sustainable Future.
Build. Empower. Sustain. Transform. (B.E.S.T)
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Return to the Board of Directors page to meet the wider leadership team guiding 360 Climate Institutes and helping strengthen its mission for practical learning, youth empowerment, sustainability, and community transformation.