Evan Davis has presented the BBC business series Dragons' Den since its first UK series in 2005.
Davis is an economist, journalist and broadcaster who joined the BBC as an economics correspondent in 1993. Before Dragons' Den, he was widely known for presenting BBC Radio 4's Today programme and later Newsnight.
Dragons' Den launched in the United Kingdom in 2005, with Davis as its presenter. His role is to introduce entrepreneurs, manage the pitch-room discussion and explain the outcome of negotiations. The investors are called Dragons, while the people seeking funding are entrepreneurs.
A common mix-up is confusing Davis with the show's original investors. He is not an investor on the panel and does not make offers for equity. The programme's panel has changed repeatedly, but Davis has remained the familiar link between different line-ups.