Having completed her articles at Ernst &Young, she moved from audit and assurance into transaction advisory services. Carryn then joined Standard Bank where she worked as a manager in the strategic capital division at a group level. In November 2010, Carryn joined the photovoltaic and renewable energy industry with her appointment to the management team of SunWorx- a company specialising in the commercial/ residential application of photovoltaic technology. She was nominated and voted onto the SESSA PV committee in October 2011 and has been chairman of this committee since March 2012.