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Agent

An individual that has the express or implied authority to act on the behalf of another individual (principal) to help establish contractual relationships with another party e.g. estate agent, financial adviser, estate agent etc.

A key related concept is the principal agent problem. This highlights the inefficiencies that can arise when the objectives of an agent and principal are misaligned. 

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