Deborah Meaden became a Dragon in series 3 of the British show Dragon's Den, replacing Rachel Elnaugh.
Meaden is an English businesswoman and investor who became one of the programme's best-known panel members. Before joining the television series, she had built experience in business and investment, including work connected with the leisure and hospitality sectors.
Her arrival changed the composition of the panel after Elnaugh's departure. Meaden became associated with direct questioning about sales, margins, ownership percentages and the practical route to growth. Her television persona helped make her one of the programme's most recognisable Dragons.
This fact is sometimes muddled with later panel changes involving entrepreneurs such as Kelly Hoppen, Nick Jenkins or Sara Davies. Those appointments happened in later periods. The relevant change for series 3 was Meaden taking the place of Elnaugh.