CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the use in this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Carolina Financial Corporation as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 and the years then ended of our report dated March 27, 2015, relating to our audit of the consolidated financial statements of Congaree Bancshares, Inc., which appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Congaree Bancshares, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2014.
We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in such Registration Statement.
/s/ Elliott Davis Decosimo, LLC
Columbia, South Carolina
March 4, 2016