Juvenal Shiundu, Kenya's first Naval Architect, is a distinguished maritime expert with a career spanning over four decades. He is the former Chairman of the Kenya National Shipping Line Limited and the founder of Maritime and Blue Economy Insights Limited (MARIBEI). He holds a B.Sc. in Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne and an M.Sc. in Maritime Safety Administration from the World Maritime University in Sweden. Additionally, he is an alumnus of the Ashridge Business School UK.

Juvenal retired from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in December 2019 after over 22 years of service at its London Headquarters, where he held various senior roles, including Director of the Technical Cooperation Division. He has authored and contributed to numerous publications and has been a resource and moderator at many international conferences and seminars. Juvenal has also served as a key technical expert witness for several commissions of inquiry and courts concerning maritime accidents, including the MTONGWE ferry disaster in Mombasa. He initiated and formulated the concept paper and action plan for the ROOLA project, which later evolved into the LAPSSET Corridor Program. He is featured in the Kenyan book “Life Journeys: Scaling Heights – Conversations with High Achieving Men in Kenya” (Footprints Press, 2011) and contributed to the maritime feature in the book “50 Years since Independence: Where is Kenya” (2013).

Prior to his tenure at the IMO, Juvenal was the General Manager of African Marine and General Engineering Company Limited, the largest shipyard in East Africa, and served as Assistant Merchant Shipping Superintendent at the Kenya Ports Authority.

Juvenal currently serves as the Chairman of the African Shipowners Association (Kenya) and is the Past President of the Rotary Club of Westminster West (London). He is a member of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, the Maritime Operations and Management (MOaM) MSc Advisory Group at City University of London, and the Industry Advisory Board of the Kenya Coast National Polytechnic East Africa Skills for Transformation & Regional Integration Project (EASTRIP). He retired as a Trustee of the Apostleship of the Sea (Great Britain) in April 2018, after nine years of service, and received an Apostolic Blessing from Pope Francis for his contributions.

His contributions to the maritime field have been recognized with several honours, including the Freedom of the City of London Award in 2019 and the title of Liveryman of the City of London in 2023.