Deborah Meaden first joined the regular panel of the British programme Dragon's Den in 2006.
Meaden is an English businesswoman and investor who became one of the programme's most familiar dragons. She joined after Rachel Elnaugh's departure, bringing experience from retail, leisure and other commercial ventures to the panel.
Her arrival occurred during the programme's early years, shortly after the British series began in 2005. She went on to become a long-serving investor and was frequently associated with careful questioning about margins, scalability and the entrepreneur's requested valuation.
The year 2006 is sometimes confused with 2005 because Meaden became closely identified with the show's early identity. However, the original launch panel and the later panel containing Meaden were not exactly the same.