Kelly Hoppen joined BBC's Dragon's Den in series 11 after building a career as an interior designer.
Hoppen is known for a restrained design style that combines neutral colours, clean lines and materials such as wood, glass and metal. She established Kelly Hoppen Interiors and worked on residential, commercial and transport-related projects during her career.
She became a Dragon in the eleventh series of the BBC programme, bringing design, branding and luxury-market experience to the panel. Her business background differed from that of Dragons whose careers were rooted mainly in retail chains or technology companies.
Series numbers can cause confusion because the programme has run for many years and its panel has changed repeatedly. Hoppen's tenure is specifically associated with series 11, while Sara Davies and Steven Bartlett joined in later periods.