American agent managed to turn around company (5)
I believe the answer is:
narco
'american agent' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'managed to turn around company' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'to turn around' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'turning around' mean this).
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'ran' in reverse letter order is 'nar'.
'nar'+'co'='NARCO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for narco that I've seen before include "Member of US drugs squad" , "Drugs agent (US slang)" , "American drug agent" , "Drug trafficker" .)