a hatchet man

(informal)

someone who is employed by an organization to make changes that people do not like The hatchet man is called in whenever a company needs to reduce its staff.

See bury the hatchet

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
OlivÉR	O-lee-vayr	Hungarian
Ricohard	-	Ancient Germanic
Azazel	-	Biblical
Urania	yuw-RAY-nee-ə (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
AntÔNio	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Bertie	BUR-tee	English