John Profumo its defeat by Labour at the 1964 election. Macmillan had already gone by then, having resigned in October 1963 to be succeeded by Alec Douglas-Home. Profumo maintained complete public silence about the matter for the rest of his life, even when the 1989 film "Scandal" - in which he was played by Ian McKellen - and the publication of Keeler's memoirs revived public interest in the affair. Profumo was portrayed by Daniel Flynn in Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical "Stephen Ward", which opened at the Aldwych Theatre on 19 December 2013. Shortly after his resignation, Profumo was invited to work
Alessandro Profumo only son Marco was born the same year. Having to support a family, Profumo dropped out of college and started his professional career at Banco Lariano, with an initial salary of 377,000 Italian Lire. In 1987 Profumo resumed his studies and obtained a degree in Business Economics. By December of the same year he joined McKinsey, where he acted as a consultant to financial institutions. In 1989 Profumo changed to the "Bain, Cuneo & Associati" consultancy. In 1991 he left the consultant path and was appointed to General Manager of the banking and financial sector at "RAS", Riunione Adriatica di