The answer is a: to direct the business or activities of.

答案是 a：指导业务或活动。

Jimmy Corvan directed business development for motion capture studio, House of Moves for about ten years.

吉米·科尔文曾在动作捕捉工作室 House of Moves 指导业务发展近十年。

Prosecutors say Yang Fenlan, known as the Ivory Queen, directed an illegal business that killed elephants and gain reserves for their tusks.

据检察官表示，杨凤兰非法捕杀大象，并透过走私象牙获利，她也被人们称之为“象牙女王”。

Your desire to establish business relations coincides with ours. Building up direct business relations between our companies will be mutually beneficial.

贵公司想同我方建立业务关系的愿望与我们是一致的。建立直接的业务关系，双方将互利互惠。