“I have always believed that anything is possible when you have a vision, a plan and the right people around you who share your passion. I look at problems as catalysts to solutions and other possibilities,” Carolyn Kan told Tatler in a 2013 interview. It is with this confidence that she launched Carrie K. in 2009, realising her dream of becoming a jewellery designer.

Her “epiphany”, as Kan called it, came while she took a year off from the corporate world to travel. Once she found her calling in silversmithing, she learnt the craft from an artisan in Florence and started her career in fashion. “I have always had a passion for jewellery and making things with my hands,” she shared.

Describing her jewellery design, Kan, who previously worked at M&C Saatchi, said, “My advertising background plays a part in our style of design, which is a little tongue-in-cheek.” Her Morse collection, which features morse code diamond dots and dashes on fine gold and silver rings, remains one of Carrie K.’s most popular designs. The atelier has won awards such as Elle Awards Jewellery Designer of the Year 2010, and, in 2011, became part of the stable of labels for the Make One’s Mark concept store in Japan.