Silvester M. Kututa

An International Award Winner in Shipping!

Founder and Chairman of Express Shipping & Logistics EA Ltd, Group;(www.esl-eastafrica.com), a leading provider of sea and air shipping logistic solutions across Eastern Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Southern Sudan).

Current:

• Chairman: Kenya Ships Agents Association.
• Chairman: Marine Transport and Port Logistics Industry Advisory Board for East Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project (EASTRIP), Kenya Coast National Polytechnic. EASTRIP is a World Bank and Kenya Government Project to upskill the maritime industry).
• Consultant: GuidePoint (consults for quite a number of African, American, British and European investment funds on emerging opportunities in Eastern Africa.
• Chairman, Kenya Alumni: World Maritime University, Malmo, Sweden

Previous Board and Taskforce positions served include:

• Board Member, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers Controlling Council, London (3 years)
• Founding Chairman, the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers-Eastern Africa Branch-covering Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti-(5 years).
• Board Member (Director) at Kenya Maritime Authority(7 years).

Education and professional standing:

• MSc: Shipping Management from World Maritime University, Sweden
• BA: Economics & Business Studies, Kenyatta University, Nairobi.
• The first African to win the Cory Brothers Shipping Award from the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (UK).
• Fellow:Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London.

Register now to come and listen to him from Thursday, 6^th June 2024 at CITAM Karen from 8:00am