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"Dragons&amp;#039; Den has appointed designer Kelly Hoppen MBE as one of the new &amp;#039;Dragons&amp;#039; for series 11. Hoppen has 37 years of experience in the design industry, runs the Kelly Hoppen Design School and has fronted Channel 5&amp;#039;s Superior Interiors.  She started her career at the age of 16, when she designed a family friend&amp;#039;s kitchen, and she was awarded an MBE for design in 2009. She is also an ambassador for the Prince&amp;#039;s Trust and the Prince&amp;#039;s Initiative for Mature Enterprise. &amp;quot;I have always been passionate about championing entrepreneurs, so being able to take it to the next level by investing my money in innovative new businesses is very exciting,&amp;quot; said Hoppen. &amp;quot;Having started my design business as a teenager, building a global brand through two recessions, I understand the reality of running a creative business.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m looking forward to bringing a different perspective into the Den and to hopefully finding an undiscovered gem or two!&amp;quot; Dragons&amp;#039; Den exec Ceri Aston said: &amp;quot;Kelly is an exciting addition to the Dragons&amp;#039; Den line-up. With her creative energy, business acumen and acute sense of style, she embodies everything that&amp;#039;s great about British design. I&amp;#039;m thrilled to have her on board.&amp;quot;  Hoppen joins Deborah Meaden and long-standing Dragons Peter Jones and Duncan Bannatyne. Theo Paphitis and Hilary Devey have both recently quit the BBC Two show. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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