Gideon Muendo is Social Science Researcher, environmental governance specialist and resource mobilizer with an extensive experience in project management, research methodologies, monitoring and evaluation, and policy analysis. As a co-founder and regeneration associate at the Sustainable Environmental Management Centre, Gideon leverages his skills to lead impactful projects that advance environmental regeneration and sustainable development. He is an advocate for locally led, community-driven, and homegrown solutions to global challenges and is passionate about diversity and inclusion. Gideon holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in Procurement and Supplies Management.

Musyoki is the Co-Founder of Sustainable Environmental Management Centre (hereinafter “The Centre”), a mid-sized environmental enterprise specializing in landscape rehabilitation, biodiversity restoration, ecosystem and habitat recovery, and conservation education. Musyoki and Gideon Muendo jointly founded The Centre to harness the promise of integrating indigenous trees and shrubs in ecosystem regeneration initiatives. Alongside his four-year-old practice, he has actively participated in civil society and environmentally friendly for-profit businesses, enhancing sustainable environmental outputs while optimising economic and social impacts.

UN ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY (UNEA) Discussant – 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021 [2nd, 3rd , 4th, 5th Sessions] Raised well-thought-out questions with a global outreach from a youth perspective, and listened to some of the brightest minds on environmental issues having been invited by the UNEP Science Policy and National Law Divisions to the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment.

4TH AFRICA MODEL OF UNITED NATIONS SIMULATION CONFERENCE (AfroMUN) UNEP Committee Chairperson – March, 2017 Lobbied for the inclusion of the 4th AfroMUN’s voice to the Iraq-led “polluter pays” principle in international environmental law as captured in the 3rd Session of UNEA resolutions, 2017.

UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) Technical Expert – September, 2017 Attended UNEP’s Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) First Dialogue on Environment Diplomacy for African Diplomatic Corps to acquaint self with negotiations on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) for the African Diplomat, especially training and capacity building for African Diplomatic Corps on Multilateral Environmental Diplomacy.

UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP) Secretary-General – November, 2015 Oversaw the successful hosting of the 1st Africa High Level Youth Conference (AHLYC— The Africa We Want: Redefining Africa’s Place) on the post-September 2015 UN General Assembly Agenda 2030 on the Transition from Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).