Kelly Hoppen joined the British Dragon's Den panel in 2013.
Hoppen is an interior designer and entrepreneur known for a design style built around clean lines, neutral colours and what is often called East-meets-West influence. Her business career made her a different kind of investor from dragons whose backgrounds were primarily in finance or retail.
She joined the BBC programme for its eleventh series, which aired in 2013. Her time on the panel was relatively short compared with the tenures of Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden, but she remains part of the programme’s sequence of investor changes.
Kelly Hoppen is distinct from Rachel Elnaugh, who was an original dragon, and Jenny Campbell, who joined much later. The year and her design background together identify Hoppen specifically.