an authorised person (this will include banks, stockbrokers, securities houses, investment managers, insurance companies and financial intermediaries); a person who is exempt from the requirement for authorisation under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (‘FSMA‘) (this will include appointed representatives of authorised persons, The Bank of England, central banks of other EEA States, The European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund); a person whose ordinary activities involve him/her in carrying on a regulated activity as defined in the FSMA (e.g., arranging deals in or advising on investments) to which the financial promotion relates or who it is reasonable to expect will carry on such activity for the purposes of a business carried on by him/her; a government, local authority or international organisation; and a person acting in his/her capacity as a director, officer or employee of a person of a type described in paragraphs (i) to (iv) above (i.e. he/she must not be acting on his/her own personal account) whose responsibilities, when acting in his/her capacity as a director, officer or employee of such person, involve him/her in engaging in regulated activities as defined in the FSMA