diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesList.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesList.tsx
index 81b2331f06..aa7ed07d6c 100644
--- a/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesList.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesList.tsx
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import {ChatStatusInfo} from './ChatStatusInfo'
 import {groupSystemMessages, type RenderItem} from './groupSystemMessages'
 import {InviteLinkDialogProvider} from './InviteLinkDialogProvider'
 import {MessageInputEmbed, useMessageEmbed} from './MessageInputEmbed'
+import {MessagesListGroupInfoPanel} from './MessagesListGroupInfoPanel'
 import {MessagesListInfoPanel} from './MessagesListInfoPanel'
 import {KeyboardStickyView} from './vendor/KeyboardStickyView'
 
@@ -509,9 +510,12 @@ export function MessagesList({
             ListHeaderComponent={
               <>
                 <MaybeLoader isLoading={convoState.isFetchingHistory} />
-                {convoState.convo?.kind === 'group' &&
-                convoState.hasAllHistory ? (
-                  <MessagesListInfoPanel convo={convoState.convo} />
+                {convoState.hasAllHistory ? (
+                  convoState.convo?.kind === 'group' ? (
+                    <MessagesListGroupInfoPanel convo={convoState.convo} />
+                  ) : (
+                    <MessagesListInfoPanel convo={convoState.convo} />
+                  )
                 ) : null}
               </>
             }
diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesListGroupInfoPanel.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesListGroupInfoPanel.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78c61ac313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesListGroupInfoPanel.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+import {View} from 'react-native'
+import {Plural, Trans, useLingui} from '@lingui/react/macro'
+
+import {createSanitizedDisplayName} from '#/lib/moderation/create-sanitized-display-name'
+import {logger} from '#/logger'
+import {useModerationOpts} from '#/state/preferences/moderation-opts'
+import {useAddGroupMembers} from '#/state/queries/messages/add-group-members'
+import {useSession} from '#/state/session'
+import {atoms as a, useTheme} from '#/alf'
+import {AvatarBubbles} from '#/components/AvatarBubbles'
+import {Button, ButtonIcon, ButtonText} from '#/components/Button'
+import * as Dialog from '#/components/Dialog'
+import {AddMembersFlow} from '#/components/dms/AddMembersFlow'
+import {type ConvoWithDetails} from '#/components/dms/util'
+import {ChainLink_Stroke2_Corner0_Rounded as ChainLinkIcon} from '#/components/icons/ChainLink'
+import {PersonPlus_Stroke2_Corner0_Rounded as PersonPlusIcon} from '#/components/icons/Person'
+import * as Toast from '#/components/Toast'
+import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
+import {InviteLinkDialog} from './InviteLinkDialog'
+
+export function MessagesListGroupInfoPanel({
+  convo,
+}: {
+  convo: Extract<ConvoWithDetails, {kind: 'group'}>
+}) {
+  const t = useTheme()
+  const {t: l} = useLingui()
+  const moderationOpts = useModerationOpts()
+  const convoId = convo.view.id
+
+  const addMembersControl = Dialog.useDialogControl()
+  const inviteLinkControl = Dialog.useDialogControl()
+
+  const {currentAccount} = useSession()
+
+  const {mutate: addGroupMembers} = useAddGroupMembers(convoId, {
+    onSuccess: () => {
+      addMembersControl.close()
+    },
+    onError: e => {
+      logger.error('Failed to add group chat members', {message: e})
+      Toast.show(l`Failed to add members`, {type: 'error'})
+    },
+  })
+
+  // TODO Enable this once the feature is working end-to-end. -dsb
+  // const joinLink = groupConvo?.details.joinLink
+  const isJoinLinkEnabled = false
+  //   (isOwner && groupConvo) ||
+  //   (!isOwner && groupConvo && joinLink?.enabledStatus === 'enabled')
+
+  const isOwner = convo.primaryMember?.did === currentAccount?.did
+
+  const members = (convo.members ?? []).filter(
+    profile => profile.did !== currentAccount?.did,
+  )
+
+  let names: React.ReactNode = null
+  if (members.length === 1) {
+    names = (
+      <Trans>New chat with {createSanitizedDisplayName(members[0])}</Trans>
+    )
+  } else if (members.length === 2) {
+    names = (
+      <Trans>
+        New chat with {createSanitizedDisplayName(members[0])} and{' '}
+        {createSanitizedDisplayName(members[1])}
+      </Trans>
+    )
+  } else if (members.length > 2) {
+    const memberCount = convo.details.memberCount - 2
+    names = (
+      <Trans>
+        New chat with {createSanitizedDisplayName(members[0])},{' '}
+        {createSanitizedDisplayName(members[1])}, and{' '}
+        <Plural
+          value={memberCount}
+          one={`${memberCount} more`}
+          other={`${memberCount} more`}
+        />
+        .
+      </Trans>
+    )
+  }
+
+  const showButtons = isOwner || isJoinLinkEnabled
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <View style={[a.align_center, a.justify_center]}>
+        <AvatarBubbles animate={true} profiles={convo.members} />
+        {convo.details.name ? (
+          <Text
+            style={[a.text_2xl, a.font_bold, a.mt_lg, a.px_lg, t.atoms.text]}>
+            {convo.details.name}
+          </Text>
+        ) : null}
+        {names ? (
+          <Text
+            style={[
+              a.px_lg,
+              a.mt_xs,
+              a.text_center,
+              a.text_sm,
+              t.atoms.text_contrast_high,
+              showButtons ? null : a.mb_4xl,
+            ]}>
+            {names}
+          </Text>
+        ) : null}
+        {showButtons ? (
+          <View
+            style={[
+              a.flex_row,
+              a.align_center,
+              a.justify_center,
+              a.gap_sm,
+              a.mt_lg,
+              a.mb_4xl,
+            ]}>
+            {isOwner ? (
+              <Button
+                color="secondary"
+                size="small"
+                label={l`Click here to add people to this group chat`}
+                onPress={() => addMembersControl.open()}>
+                <ButtonIcon icon={PersonPlusIcon} />
+                <ButtonText>
+                  <Trans>Add people</Trans>
+                </ButtonText>
+              </Button>
+            ) : null}
+            {isJoinLinkEnabled ? (
+              <Button
+                color="secondary"
+                size="small"
+                label={
+                  isOwner
+                    ? l`Click here to create or manage an invite link for this group chat`
+                    : l`Click here to view the invite link for this group chat`
+                }
+                onPress={inviteLinkControl.open}>
+                <ButtonIcon icon={ChainLinkIcon} />
+                <ButtonText>
+                  <Trans>Invite link</Trans>
+                </ButtonText>
+              </Button>
+            ) : null}
+          </View>
+        ) : null}
+      </View>
+      {convo.primaryMember && moderationOpts && (
+        <InviteLinkDialog
+          convo={convo}
+          owner={convo.primaryMember}
+          moderationOpts={moderationOpts}
+          isOwner={isOwner}
+          control={inviteLinkControl}
+        />
+      )}
+      <Dialog.Outer
+        control={addMembersControl}
+        testID="addChatMembersDialog"
+        nativeOptions={{fullHeight: true}}>
+        <Dialog.Handle />
+        <AddMembersFlow
+          convo={convo}
+          title={l`Add people`}
+          onAddMembers={(members, profiles) =>
+            addGroupMembers({members, profiles})
+          }
+        />
+      </Dialog.Outer>
+    </>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesListInfoPanel.tsx b/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesListInfoPanel.tsx
index 6a4ce31510..695fc74d37 100644
--- a/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesListInfoPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Messages/components/MessagesListInfoPanel.tsx
@@ -1,176 +1,99 @@
 import {View} from 'react-native'
-import {Plural, Trans, useLingui} from '@lingui/react/macro'
+import {moderateProfile} from '@atproto/api'
+import {Trans, useLingui} from '@lingui/react/macro'
+import {useNavigation} from '@react-navigation/native'
 
 import {createSanitizedDisplayName} from '#/lib/moderation/create-sanitized-display-name'
-import {logger} from '#/logger'
+import {type NavigationProp} from '#/lib/routes/types'
+import {isInvalidHandle, sanitizeHandle} from '#/lib/strings/handles'
 import {useModerationOpts} from '#/state/preferences/moderation-opts'
-import {useAddGroupMembers} from '#/state/queries/messages/add-group-members'
 import {useSession} from '#/state/session'
+import {UserAvatar} from '#/view/com/util/UserAvatar'
 import {atoms as a, useTheme} from '#/alf'
-import {AvatarBubbles} from '#/components/AvatarBubbles'
 import {Button, ButtonIcon, ButtonText} from '#/components/Button'
-import * as Dialog from '#/components/Dialog'
-import {AddMembersFlow} from '#/components/dms/AddMembersFlow'
 import {type ConvoWithDetails} from '#/components/dms/util'
-import {ChainLink_Stroke2_Corner0_Rounded as ChainLinkIcon} from '#/components/icons/ChainLink'
-import {PersonPlus_Stroke2_Corner0_Rounded as PersonPlusIcon} from '#/components/icons/Person'
-import * as Toast from '#/components/Toast'
+import {Person_Stroke2_Corner2_Rounded as PersonIcon} from '#/components/icons/Person'
+import {ProfileBadges} from '#/components/ProfileBadges'
+import * as ProfileCard from '#/components/ProfileCard'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
-import {InviteLinkDialog} from './InviteLinkDialog'
 
 export function MessagesListInfoPanel({
   convo,
 }: {
-  convo: Extract<ConvoWithDetails, {kind: 'group'}>
+  convo: Extract<ConvoWithDetails, {kind: 'direct'}>
 }) {
+  const navigation = useNavigation<NavigationProp>()
   const t = useTheme()
   const {t: l} = useLingui()
-  const moderationOpts = useModerationOpts()
-  const convoId = convo.view.id
-
-  const addMembersControl = Dialog.useDialogControl()
-  const inviteLinkControl = Dialog.useDialogControl()
 
   const {currentAccount} = useSession()
+  const moderationOpts = useModerationOpts()
 
-  const {mutate: addGroupMembers} = useAddGroupMembers(convoId, {
-    onSuccess: () => {
-      addMembersControl.close()
-    },
-    onError: e => {
-      logger.error('Failed to add group chat members', {message: e})
-      Toast.show(l`Failed to add members`, {type: 'error'})
-    },
-  })
-
-  // TODO Enable this once the feature is working end-to-end. -dsb
-  // const joinLink = groupConvo?.details.joinLink
-  const isJoinLinkEnabled = false
-  //   (isOwner && groupConvo) ||
-  //   (!isOwner && groupConvo && joinLink?.enabledStatus === 'enabled')
-
-  const isOwner = convo.primaryMember?.did === currentAccount?.did
-
-  const members = (convo.members ?? []).filter(
+  const profile = convo.members.filter(
     profile => profile.did !== currentAccount?.did,
-  )
-
-  let names: React.ReactNode = null
-  if (members.length === 1) {
-    names = (
-      <Trans>New chat with {createSanitizedDisplayName(members[0])}</Trans>
-    )
-  } else if (members.length === 2) {
-    names = (
-      <Trans>
-        New chat with {createSanitizedDisplayName(members[0])} and{' '}
-        {createSanitizedDisplayName(members[1])}
-      </Trans>
-    )
-  } else if (members.length > 2) {
-    const memberCount = convo.details.memberCount - 2
-    names = (
-      <Trans>
-        New chat with {createSanitizedDisplayName(members[0])},{' '}
-        {createSanitizedDisplayName(members[1])}, and{' '}
-        <Plural
-          value={memberCount}
-          one={`${memberCount} more`}
-          other={`${memberCount} more`}
-        />
-        .
-      </Trans>
-    )
-  }
-
-  const showButtons = isOwner || isJoinLinkEnabled
+  )[0]
+  const handle = sanitizeHandle(profile.handle, '@')
+  const displayName = moderationOpts
+    ? createSanitizedDisplayName(
+        profile,
+        true,
+        moderateProfile(profile, moderationOpts).ui('displayName'),
+      )
+    : handle
+  const profileLink =
+    profile.handle && !isInvalidHandle(profile.handle)
+      ? profile.handle
+      : profile.did
 
   return (
-    <>
-      <View style={[a.align_center, a.justify_center]}>
-        <AvatarBubbles animate={true} profiles={convo.members} />
-        {convo.details.name ? (
-          <Text
-            style={[a.text_2xl, a.font_bold, a.mt_lg, a.px_lg, t.atoms.text]}>
-            {convo.details.name}
-          </Text>
-        ) : null}
-        {names ? (
-          <Text
-            style={[
-              a.px_lg,
-              a.mt_xs,
-              a.text_center,
-              a.text_sm,
-              t.atoms.text_contrast_high,
-              showButtons ? null : a.mb_4xl,
-            ]}>
-            {names}
-          </Text>
-        ) : null}
-        {showButtons ? (
-          <View
-            style={[
-              a.flex_row,
-              a.align_center,
-              a.justify_center,
-              a.gap_sm,
-              a.mt_lg,
-              a.mb_4xl,
-            ]}>
-            {isOwner ? (
-              <Button
-                color="secondary"
-                size="small"
-                label={l`Click here to add people to this group chat`}
-                onPress={() => addMembersControl.open()}>
-                <ButtonIcon icon={PersonPlusIcon} />
-                <ButtonText>
-                  <Trans>Add people</Trans>
-                </ButtonText>
-              </Button>
-            ) : null}
-            {isJoinLinkEnabled ? (
-              <Button
-                color="secondary"
-                size="small"
-                label={
-                  isOwner
-                    ? l`Click here to create or manage an invite link for this group chat`
-                    : l`Click here to view the invite link for this group chat`
-                }
-                onPress={inviteLinkControl.open}>
-                <ButtonIcon icon={ChainLinkIcon} />
-                <ButtonText>
-                  <Trans>Invite link</Trans>
-                </ButtonText>
-              </Button>
-            ) : null}
-          </View>
-        ) : null}
+    <View style={[a.align_center, a.justify_center]}>
+      <UserAvatar type="user" size={88} avatar={profile?.avatar} />
+      <View
+        style={[
+          a.flex_row,
+          a.align_center,
+          a.justify_center,
+          a.gap_xs,
+          a.mt_lg,
+        ]}>
+        <Text style={[a.text_2xl, a.font_bold, t.atoms.text]}>
+          {displayName}
+        </Text>
+        <ProfileBadges profile={profile} size="lg" />
       </View>
-      {convo.primaryMember && moderationOpts && (
-        <InviteLinkDialog
-          convo={convo}
-          owner={convo.primaryMember}
-          moderationOpts={moderationOpts}
-          isOwner={isOwner}
-          control={inviteLinkControl}
-        />
-      )}
-      <Dialog.Outer
-        control={addMembersControl}
-        testID="addChatMembersDialog"
-        nativeOptions={{fullHeight: true}}>
-        <Dialog.Handle />
-        <AddMembersFlow
-          convo={convo}
-          title={l`Add people`}
-          onAddMembers={(members, profiles) =>
-            addGroupMembers({members, profiles})
-          }
-        />
-      </Dialog.Outer>
-    </>
+      <Text style={[a.text_sm, a.mt_xs, t.atoms.text_contrast_high]}>
+        {handle}
+      </Text>
+      {moderationOpts ? (
+        <View style={[a.mt_xs]}>
+          <ProfileCard.Labels
+            profile={profile}
+            moderationOpts={moderationOpts}
+          />
+        </View>
+      ) : null}
+      <View
+        style={[
+          a.flex_row,
+          a.align_center,
+          a.justify_center,
+          a.gap_sm,
+          a.mt_lg,
+          a.mb_4xl,
+        ]}>
+        <Button
+          color="secondary"
+          size="small"
+          label={l`Go to user’s profile`}
+          onPress={() => {
+            navigation.navigate('Profile', {name: profileLink})
+          }}>
+          <ButtonIcon icon={PersonIcon} />
+          <ButtonText>
+            <Trans>Go to profile</Trans>
+          </ButtonText>
+        </Button>
+      </View>
+    </View>
   )
 }