Does your Agile project has proxy product owner ? If yes, how is he different than a Product Owner?

Does your Agile project has proxy product owner ? If yes, how is he di

1.	Does your Agile project has proxy product owner ? If yes, how is he different than a Product Owner?
Answer» In practise, distributed agile projects , ESPECIALLY those working on on-shore/off-shore model has a PROXY PRODUCT owner. Proxy product owner ACTS as local product owner to answer to development team questions. They do not own the product backlog but helps the product owner in MANAGING and maintaining it.