After reading all these posts, I still think it's a bizarre question which has no good reason behind it. Even if 'top management' selected the person as the Management Representative, why would someone go ask them who that is? I 'hear' all the responses about getting access to the MR, or similar, however, even if everyone knows the name, height and inside leg measurement, there's no 'benefit' to posing the question.
It seems to me that it's another case of lazy auditors and organizations preparing to do anything to pass the audit
Andy