front man

noun

a nominal leader of an organization, etc, who lacks real power or authority, esp one who lends respectability to some nefarious activity Gender-neutral formfigurehead
the leader or visual focus of a group of musicians, usually the singer

And, as the enigmatic front man to an avant garde indie rock group, he is droll, perceptive, and splendidly weird.

Even Mr. 9/11, Rudy Giuliani, now a corporate front man, made that point on CNBC.

Is the former White Stripes front man the last of a dying breed?

Off the job, Aldridge is happily married to Kings of Leon front man Caleb Followill.

But the question is: how much top-flight talent can they recruit if Greenwald remains the organization's apparent front man?

They were weary, ragged, lean—seven very tatter-demalions—and the front man led them, tapping the ground with a long stick.

His hands caught the man behind, lifted across a hip, and heaved, just before the front man reached him.

The front man jumped one way and the woman jumped the same way so he couldn't get by.

When the last, or front man on each team is able to whistle after devouring his crackers, the race ends.

Suddenly the front man slipped and the prop fell down in the mud and splashed the thin man from head to foot.

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