Profumo affair met at Wimpole Mews, when Ward was absent, although once, when Hobson was away, Profumo took Keeler to his home at Chester Terrace in Regent's Park. On one occasion he borrowed a Bentley from his ministerial colleague John Hare and took Keeler for a drive around London, and another time the couple had a drink with Viscount Ward, the former Secretary of State for Air. During their time together, Profumo gave Keeler a few small presents, and once, a sum of £20 as a gift for her mother. Keeler maintains that although Stephen Ward asked her to obtain information from
Alessandro Profumo Sicurtà. Following RAS's acquisition of shares of the recently privatized Credito Italiano in 1994, he became "Deputy General Manager" of Credito Italiano and was responsible for strategy and controlling. In 1995 he was appointed to "Chief General Manager". On 29 April 1997 the UniCredit group was formed, of which Profumo became Chief Executive Officer. On 21 September 2010 he resigned from that position, following political disputes. In early 2012 Profumo was appointed CEO of Italian bank Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena. In June 2012, Alessandro Profumo and other 19 people were remanded to trial for a tax swindle. The