Communications Service Research

Maria
Mohammed-
Maharaj

A Trinidad and Tobago-based integrated marketing communications professional, Rotarian and researcher whose work connects clear communication with thoughtful service.

Maria Mohammed-Maharaj wearing a blue blazer
Professional portrait, 2026

A shared thread

Ideas become useful when they are made clear—and placed in service of people.

For more than two decades, Maria has worked across communications strategy, branding, public relations, digital media and visual storytelling. Her professional practice is complemented by sustained civic leadership and current research.

This profile brings those strands together as a record of work, service and continuing inquiry.

Professional practice

Integrated communications

Co-Founder and Director, KAMO Designs & Productions Limited

Service and leadership

Rotary International

Public image leadership across District 7030 and Zone 34

Current inquiry

Research

MPhil candidate, The University of the West Indies

Professional practice

Communication with structure, clarity and purpose.

Maria Mohammed-Maharaj seated at her desk in the KAMO office in 2011
At the KAMO Designs & Productions office, 2011.

As Co-Founder and Director of KAMO Designs & Productions Limited, Maria’s work spans communications strategy, corporate branding, public relations, digital media and visual storytelling.

Her approach pairs strategic thinking with the practical discipline of making complex ideas understandable, consistent and useful to the people they are intended to reach.

Professional profile

KAMO Designs & Productions Ltd. · Founded 1998

Built on quality. Driven by ideas.

Formed in June 1998, KAMO brings together communications strategy, graphic design, production, public relations, illustration and digital marketing. The studio can lead an assignment from start to finish or join at a focused stage of a larger project.

At the core is a commitment to quality, value and service - combining industry experience, market insight, creative talent and technology to deliver communications that are clear, distinctive and useful.

View KAMO portfolio

Creative leadership

The people behind the studio’s communications, art direction and design work.

Co-Founder / Director

Maria Mohammed-Maharaj

Integrated marketing communications and agribusiness specialist with extensive experience across marketing, public relations, corporate communications, digital strategy and visual storytelling.

Co-Founder / Director

Stephen Wong Kang

Designer and art director whose career spans in-house design and leading internationally affiliated agencies including McCann Erickson, Lonsdale Saatchi & Saatchi and Aleong & Agostini, alongside his work with KAMO.

Capabilities

One studio. Connected disciplines.

Strategy, craft and production are designed to work together - not as separate hand-offs.

Strategy

Communications

  • Integrated marketing communications
  • Public relations
  • Corporate communications
  • Campaign development
  • Messaging and content
  • Stakeholder communications
Creative

Design + Production

  • Brand and visual systems
  • Advertising and campaigns
  • Annual reports and publications
  • Corporate collateral
  • Illustration
  • Video and visual production
Digital

Digital + Social

  • Social media strategy
  • Content development
  • Email marketing
  • Web design
  • Interactive communications
  • Digital campaign assets

Experience

Selected client portfolio

A cross-sector sample from KAMO’s historical portfolio. Client relationships and project periods vary.

Corporate

Financial + Corporate

  • Republic Bank Limited
  • First Citizens
  • Guardian Holdings / Guardian Life
  • Bourse Securities Limited
  • Intercommercial Bank/JMMB
  • Proactive Logistics, USA
Institutional

Public + Institutional

  • Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago
  • The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus
  • Office of the Ombudsman
  • Institute of Marine Affairs
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Environmental Management Authority
Regional

Regional + Development

  • International Federation of the Red Cross / British Red Cross
  • Caribbean Association of Industry & Commerce
  • Caribbean Poultry Association
  • Cocoa & Coffee Industry Board
  • Ministry of Agriculture
  • UWI Seismic Research Unit
Rang Ka Utsav team acknowledgement from The Hindi Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago, naming Maria Mohammed-Maharaj of KAMO Designs

Community and culture · June 2026

Rang Ka Utsav

The Hindi Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago Inc. recognised Maria Mohammed-Maharaj of KAMO Designs among the team whose passion, creativity and dedication helped make Rang Ka Utsav a success—a celebration of culture, colour and community.

View the original acknowledgement

Start a conversation

Bring the idea. We will help shape it.

KAMO Designs & Productions Limited97 Country Road, Orange Grove, Trinidad & Tobagomaria@kamodesigns.com

Industry service

Public relations and organisational leadership

Maria’s professional record also includes service as Executive Director of the Supermarket Association of Trinidad and Tobago and longstanding communications leadership within the business community.

SATT presentation at the PLOTT International Women’s Day event
Selected recognition · December 2021President’s Award

27th Annual Supermarket Association of Trinidad and Tobago Awards

View award record
Board members of the Supermarket Association of Trinidad and Tobago in 2022
With the Board of the Supermarket Association of Trinidad and Tobago, where Maria served as Executive Director, 2020 to 2022.
Maria Mohammed-Maharaj, seated at right, with colleagues of the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Maria inducted to the Board of the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry and Commerce (GTCIC) as Public Relations Officer (PRO), 2019. Trinidad Express, 24 July 2019
Revised promotion for the GTCIC joint Post Budget Session held on 8 October 2019, featuring the three speakers who attended

Business communications · 8 October 2019

GTCIC Joint Post Budget Session

In her capacity as Public Relations Officer of the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Maria coordinated this joint Post Budget Session with the Arima Business Association, San Juan Business Association and Supermarket Association of Trinidad and Tobago, bringing together public- and private-sector voices for post-budget analysis.

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Selected recognitionGreater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry and Commerce (GTCIC)

Award for Longest-Serving Public Relations Officer

Read the Rotary Club profile

Research and conservation

Continuing inquiry, grounded in the Caribbean.

Maria is pursuing an MPhil in Tropical Earth and Environmental Science at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine. She earned an undergraduate degree from The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, and also holds postgraduate qualifications in Mass Communication and New Media from the University of Leicester.

Service and leadership

Rotary has been a sustained practice of service since 2012.

From club leadership in Trinidad and Tobago to public image support across the Caribbean, Maria’s Rotary work centres on visibility, collaboration, youth development and practical community impact.

Joined the Rotary Club of St Augustine

President, Rotary Club of St Augustine; during the term, the Club chartered Trinidad and Tobago’s first EarlyAct Club

Assistant Governor, East Cluster Trinidad, Rotary District 7030

District Girls’ Empowerment Chair

Founding President, Trinidad and Tobago Chapter, Rotary Fellowship of Wildlifers for Conservation

District Public Image Chair, Rotary District 7030

Fellowship Officer, Rotary Fellowship of Wildlifers for Conservation

Assistant Rotary Public Image Coordinator, Zone 34, supporting Districts 7000, 7020 and 7030

Members of the Rotary Clubs of St Augustine and Willowdale during a courtesy call at the High Commission of Canada
Courtesy call at the High Commission of Canada by the Rotary Clubs of St Augustine and Willowdale during Maria’s 2018–2019 presidency, part of a wider record of joint education and literacy projects. Reference post Joint projects with Canadian Rotary partnersSchool-based reading programmes — St Augustine A New Word Wall — Rotary District 7070 Rotary Clubs pledge support to UWI PEDIC Related collaboration video — YouTube

A first for Trinidad and Tobago

EarlyAct at The University School

During Maria’s 2018–2019 term as President, the Rotary Club of St Augustine chartered the first EarlyAct Club in Trinidad and Tobago, establishing a structured pathway for young children to experience service, leadership, and the values of Rotary.

Read the Club story Trinidad Express, 24 July 2019

Leadership in action · Rotary presidency 2018–2019

Convening conversations on issues of national importance.

Three well-attended business and public affairs meetings demonstrate the Club’s role in bringing civic, professional and community leaders together during Maria’s presidential term.

Original promotion for the Joint Chambers and Rotary Clubs of the East Cluster breakfast meeting with Commissioner of Police Gary GriffithView original event promotion
120+ attendees17 September 2018

Joint Chambers and Rotary East Cluster Breakfast Meeting

Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith delivered the keynote address at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya. The joint function was chaired by the Rotary Club of St Augustine.

Watch on YouTube
Original promotion for the panel discussion on the effects of the sudden closure of PetrotrinView original event promotion
200 attendeesPublished October 2018

Panel Discussion on the Sudden Closure of Petrotrin

Professor Emeritus Patrick Watson participated in the discussion, hosted with the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry and Commerce at The UWI Inn and Conference Centre.

Watch CCN TV6 coverage
Original promotion for the Overview of Procurement Legislation breakfast meetingView original event promotion
150 attendeesPublished March 2019

Overview of Procurement Legislation

Angus Young, CEO of NCB Global Finance, addressed the joint Rotary Club of St Augustine and Greater Tunapuna Chamber breakfast meeting at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya.

Watch on YouTube

Leadership in action · 23 May 2022

Awards Ceremony of the Diabetes Association National Quiz

Assistant Governor, East Rotary Clubs Trinidad, Rotary District 7030, Mrs Maria Mohammed-Maharaj, delivers remarks at the Awards Ceremony of the Diabetes Association National Quiz. The Rotary Clubs have continued to support education and awareness initiatives, especially for children.

Watch the address on Facebook
Close-up stock photograph of an ocelot resting on a branch
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is native to Trinidad

Conservation

Connecting fellowship with environmental stewardship

Maria is Founding President of the Trinidad and Tobago Chapter and serves internationally as Fellowship Officer from 2025 to 2028.

UWI news story
Members attending the establishment of the Trinidad and Tobago Chapter of the Rotary Fellowship of Wildlifers for Conservation
The Trinidad and Tobago Chapter of the Rotary Fellowship of Wildlifers for Conservation, established in 2023.
Representatives of UWI, Rotary and partner organisations at a PCOS awareness collaboration
A collaborative PCOS awareness and research initiative involving UWI, Rotary and partner organisations.

Girls’ empowerment

Supporting informed health conversations

As a research partner representing the Rotary Club of St Augustine, Maria supported the collaborative PCOS prevalence study and related awareness work.

UWI media release Trinidad Guardian feature
Maria Mohammed-Maharaj, the child in the centre, aged four with two schoolmates in Barbados
Maria, centre, aged four, on her way to St Angela’s Ursuline Convent in Barbados. A cherished photograph taken by her late father.

Early roots

A Caribbean childhood shaped by Barbados.

Maria grew up in Barbados, where some of her earliest memories of learning, community and belonging were formed.

The photograph at left has special meaning: it was taken by her late father as she prepared to attend St Angela’s Ursuline Convent at four years old. It is preserved here as part of the story—not as a polished portrait, but as a family record.

Read my personal story

Affiliations

Communities of learning, service and fellowship.

Rotary International

Member of the Rotary Club of St Augustine since 2012, with current public image leadership responsibilities in District 7030 and Zone 34.

Official Zone profile ↗
Academic study

MPhil candidate in Tropical Earth and Environmental Science at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine.

Programme information ↗

Independent press

Contemporary reporting, preserved as part of the public record.

Selected independent reporting records Maria’s civic, Rotary and community-health work. Selected Trinidad Express newspaper pages are reproduced here with permission; a 2022 Trinidad Guardian page is preserved from the supplied print record, while the 2024 Guardian feature links to the publication’s public article. Archival Newsday coverage from 2004, 2006 and 2018, together with a 2004 report from The Mirror, is preserved from original print clippings. A separate 2018 Newsday Golf for Life report links to the publication’s online story.

Newsday Business Day · 30 September 2004

Janine Mendes-Franco AFETT president

The report records Janine Mendes-Franco’s election as president of the Association of Female Executives of Trinidad and Tobago (AFETT) for the 2004/2005 term. Maria Mohammed-Maharaj also served on AFETT’s Board with responsibility for Membership; in the accompanying board photograph she is at the far left. A live Newsday archive for the article is no longer available.

Source: Newsday Business Day, Thursday 30 September 2004.

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The Mirror article AFETT elects new executive, listing Maria Mohammed as a Board Member for Membership and showing her at the far left

The Mirror · 1 October 2004

AFETT elects new executive

Published the day after the related Newsday Business Day report, The Mirror explicitly lists Maria Mohammed as an AFETT Board Member with responsibility for Membership. The executive photograph also identifies Maria at the far left.

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Newsday Business Day clipping reporting the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry and Commerce 2006 to 2007 board

Newsday Business Day · 27 July 2006

New shoes for Tunapuna Chamber

Reporting on the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry & Commerce Board of Directors for 2006–2007, Newsday identifies Maria Mohammed as Secretary and a member of the Board.

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Newsday Business Day clipping reporting the new IABC Trinidad and Tobago Chapter board

Newsday Business Day · 21 September 2006

PR jefes form new board

Reporting on the new IABC Trinidad and Tobago Chapter board, Newsday identifies Maria Mohammed of KAMO Designs & Productions Limited as Vice President, Administration and a member of the Board.

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Rotary Club of St Augustine 2018 to 2019 Board with President Maria Mohammed-Maharaj seated in the centre

Newsday · 2 August 2018

Rotary Club of St Augustine celebrates 50 years

Newsday’s 50th-anniversary coverage identifies Maria Mohammed-Maharaj as the newly installed President and the second woman in the Club’s history to hold the position. In the original 2018–2019 Board photograph shown here, Maria is seated at centre as President.

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Maria Mohammed-Maharaj, President of the Rotary Club of St Augustine, speaking at the Golf for Life Tournament prize-giving

Newsday · 3 October 2018

Rambaran brothers star at St Augustine golf tourney

Newsday reports on the eighth annual Rotary Club of St Augustine Golf for Life Tournament, a fundraiser supporting Heartbeat International Trinidad and Tobago and other causes. At the prize-giving, Club President Maria Mohammed-Maharaj thanked sponsors, participants and volunteers for their support.

Read the Newsday story
Representatives of the Rotary Club of St Augustine, the Office of Procurement Regulation, NCB Global Finance and the Greater Tunapuna Chamber at the January 2019 breakfast meeting

NCB Global Finance · 25 January 2019

NCB Global Finance sponsors Rotary breakfast meeting

NCB Global Finance supported this joint Rotary Club of St Augustine and Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry and Commerce breakfast meeting. The photograph includes Maria Mohammed-Maharaj, then President of the Rotary Club of St Augustine, with leaders from the partner organisations.

Read the NCB story
Maria Mohammed-Maharaj pictured with Rotary Club of St Augustine leaders in the Trinidad Express article St Augustine Rotary marks 51 years

Trinidad Express · 24 July 2019

St Augustine Rotary marks 51 years

The report identifies Maria as the outgoing 2018–2019 President handing over the presidential chain, and records the University School club as the first EarlyAct Club in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Trinidad Express clipping titled Greater Tunapuna Chamber appoints board members

Trinidad Express · 24 July 2019

Greater Tunapuna Chamber appoints board members

Reporting on the Chamber’s 2019/2020 board, the Express independently identifies Maria Mohammed-Maharaj as Public Relations Officer of the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry & Commerce.

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Trinidad Express clipping titled 13 new Rotarians

Trinidad Express · 21 May 2019

13 new Rotarians

The article identifies Maria as President of the Rotary Club of St Augustine and reports a joint induction with the Rotary Club of Sangre Grande: 13 new Rotarians in total, including 10 joining St Augustine and three joining Sangre Grande.

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Trinidad Guardian Community page titled Tunapuna Chamber wants to create a vibrant community, identifying Maria Mohammed-Maharaj as Public Relations Officer

Trinidad Guardian · 21 October 2022

Tunapuna Chamber wants to create a vibrant community

The Guardian profiles the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry and Commerce and identifies Maria Mohammed-Maharaj as Public Relations Officer among the Chamber’s executive members.

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Representatives of UWI, Rotary and partner organisations at a PCOS research collaboration

Trinidad Guardian · 15 September 2024

Dr Stephanie Mohammed leading groundbreaking research on PCOS

The Guardian reports on a PCOS prevalence study supported by the Rotary Club of St Augustine. Maria participated as a research partner representing the Rotary Club of St Augustine, supporting the study and related public-awareness work.

Read the Guardian feature
Trinidad Express page titled Glamour meets purpose at Rotary's Hats and Heels 2, quoting Maria Mohammed-Maharaj as Rotary District 7030 Public Image Chair

Trinidad Express · 20 September 2025

Glamour meets purpose at Rotary’s Hats & Heels 2

Reporting on the Rotary Trinidad and Tobago fundraiser, the Express identifies Maria Mohammed-Maharaj as Rotary District 7030 Public Image Chair and records that proceeds would support The Rotary Foundation and peacebuilding through youth education.

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Selected references

A profile supported by public records.