diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/press/mantra/compose/extensions/Member.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/press/mantra/compose/extensions/Member.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3fdf441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/press/mantra/compose/extensions/Member.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package press.mantra.compose.extensions
+
+import press.mantra.compose.database.model.intermdiate.LocalParticipant
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.core.HexKey
+
+/** Enough of a public key to tell two members apart when neither has a profile yet. */
+private const val SHORTENED_PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH = 8
+
+/** A public key cut to something readable, for where no profile has arrived yet. */
+fun HexKey.shortened(): String = take(SHORTENED_PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH)
+
+/**
+ * What to call the member behind this public key on screen.
+ *
+ * Resolved from the profiles joined onto the room rather than stored anywhere, so
+ * it follows a rename and is never stuck on the "LOADING..." placeholder a member
+ * is given the moment they are first seen. Falls back to a short key, which is at
+ * least stable and distinguishing, when there is no profile at all yet.
+ */
+fun HexKey.memberName(
+    members: List<LocalParticipant>,
+    activeUserPublicKey: HexKey
+): String = if (this == activeUserPublicKey) {
+    "You"
+} else {
+    members.firstOrNull { it.participant.participantPublicKey == this }
+        ?.profile
+        ?.humanReadableNameOrPubkey()
+        ?: shortened()
+}
diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/press/mantra/compose/ui/composable/DkgRitualScreen.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/press/mantra/compose/ui/composable/DkgRitualScreen.kt
index 45d9bf91..1e253804 100644
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/press/mantra/compose/ui/composable/DkgRitualScreen.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/press/mantra/compose/ui/composable/DkgRitualScreen.kt
@@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
 import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.SpanStyle
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.buildAnnotatedString
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextAlign
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextOverflow
+import androidx.compose.ui.text.withStyle
 import androidx.compose.ui.tooling.preview.Preview
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewmodel.compose.viewModel
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ import press.mantra.compose.database.model.DkgSession
 import press.mantra.compose.database.model.intermdiate.LocalChatRoom
 import press.mantra.compose.database.model.intermdiate.LocalParticipant
 import press.mantra.compose.database.model.types.DkgRitualStage
+import press.mantra.compose.extensions.memberName
 import press.mantra.compose.managers.ChillDkgRitualManager
 import press.mantra.compose.repository.ChatRepository
 import press.mantra.compose.repository.DkgRepository
@@ -237,6 +241,19 @@ private fun RitualProgress(
     val round1Count = round1Participants.size
     val round2Count = round2Participants.size
 
+    // Above the failure branch so it holds in every state. Any member can open a
+    // ceremony and it settles the group's signing quorum for good, so who opened
+    // this one is worth saying whether it is running, finished or abandoned.
+    Text(
+        text = buildAnnotatedString {
+            withStyle(SpanStyle(color = ProfileColor.fromPublicKey(session.coordinatorPublicKey))) {
+                append(session.coordinatorPublicKey.memberName(members, activeUserPublicKey))
+            }
+            append(" started this ceremony.")
+        },
+        style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodyMedium
+    )
+
     if (stage == DkgRitualStage.FAILED) {
         Card(
             modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(),
@@ -394,11 +411,7 @@ private fun RitualRoster(
 
                         Text(
                             modifier = Modifier.weight(1f),
-                            text = if (publicKey == activeUserPublicKey) {
-                                "You"
-                            } else {
-                                member.profile?.humanReadableNameOrPubkey() ?: publicKey.take(8)
-                            },
+                            text = publicKey.memberName(members, activeUserPublicKey),
                             maxLines = 1,
                             overflow = TextOverflow.MiddleEllipsis,
                             color = ProfileColor.fromPublicKey(publicKey),
diff --git a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/press/mantra/compose/ui/view/model/ChatMessageListViewModel.kt b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/press/mantra/compose/ui/view/model/ChatMessageListViewModel.kt
index 0c55289c..68842759 100755
--- a/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/press/mantra/compose/ui/view/model/ChatMessageListViewModel.kt
+++ b/composeApp/src/commonMain/kotlin/press/mantra/compose/ui/view/model/ChatMessageListViewModel.kt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import press.mantra.compose.database.model.NegentropySynchronizeRequest
 import press.mantra.compose.database.model.intermdiate.LocalChatMessage
 import press.mantra.compose.database.model.intermdiate.LocalChatRoom
 import press.mantra.compose.database.model.types.SynchronizationFilter
+import press.mantra.compose.extensions.shortened
 import press.mantra.compose.extensions.toFormattedTimeAndDateString
 import press.mantra.compose.nostr.Relays
 import press.mantra.compose.repository.ChatRepository
@@ -530,7 +531,7 @@ private fun RitualNotice(
                                     "You"
                                 } else {
                                     localChatMessage.profile?.humanReadableNameOrPubkey()
-                                        ?: chatMessage.senderPublicKey.take(SHORTENED_PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH)
+                                        ?: chatMessage.senderPublicKey.shortened()
                                 }
                             )
                         }
@@ -557,6 +558,3 @@ private fun RitualNotice(
         )
     }
 }
-
-/** Enough of a public key to tell two members apart when neither has a profile yet. */
-private const val SHORTENED_PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH = 8