Mr Silvester Kututa is the Founder and Managing Director of Express Shipping and Logistic, a leading provider of sea and air logistics solutions across East Africa with offices in Mombasa, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Tanga, Mtwara, Zanzibar, Kampala. He has also served as Director at Kenya Maritime Authority for 7 years, Founding Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (Eastern Africa Branch-covering Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti) for 5 years, and member of the ICS London Controlling and Executive Councils for 3 years.
In 1992, he became the first African to be honored with the Cory Brothers Shipping Award from the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (UK). He has served as member of several taskforces under the Ministry of Transport. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Kenya Ships Agents Association (KSAA). He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and a Master of Science in shipping management from World Maritime University, Sweden. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers London. He consults for quite a number of American, British and European investment funds on emerging opportunities and investments in Eastern Africa.