A prominent businessman and social activist, Minister Cadiz headed the Ministry responsible for the country's diversification drive, i.e. developing the non-energy services and manufacturing sectors to achieve long-term sustainable economic growth.
Minister Cadiz is of French and Spanish heritage and is originally from Arima, the largest town in the Eastern part of Trinidad.
The committee organised a number of large social activities, including gathering in excess of 127,000 signatures on a petition asking for the president of the Republic to intervene and get the government to make positive moves in dealing with a runaway crime situation.
Realising that civic activism was not having the desired effect, Minister Cadiz decided to enter the political arena, in order to affect the change he believed was necessary for the country to move forward.
In his first foray into politics he represented Chaguanas East as a member of the United National Congress (UNC) of the People's Partnership, and after their victory at the polls on 24 May 2010, was sworn in as a minister in the Government of Trinidad and Tobago on Friday 28 May 2010.