Al­though he was on­ly ap­proached by Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar to lead a min­istry days ago, Min­is­ter of Trade, In­vest­ment, and Tourism Satyaka­ma “Ka­ma” Ma­haraj has am­bi­tious plans to re­shape Trinidad and To­ba­go’s busi­ness land­scape at a time when the coun­try con­tin­ues to face chal­lenges with its ease of do­ing busi­ness.

Ma­haraj may not be a ca­reer politi­cian, but he is no stranger to po­lit­i­cal af­fil­i­a­tions, hav­ing pre­vi­ous­ly been aligned with the Na­tion­al Al­liance for Re­con­struc­tion (NAR), Con­gress of the Peo­ple (COP) and now, the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC).

The Sacha Cos­met­ics founder brings over 45 years of busi­ness ex­pe­ri­ence, hav­ing nur­tured a home­grown brand in­to 50 mar­kets and topped Ama­zon charts.