Roger Hollis in 1956 and remaining in that post until his retirement in 1965. After Kim Philby's flight from Beirut to Moscow in 1963, rumours began to circulate that Hollis had alerted him to his impending arrest. Hollis was criticised for not alerting John Profumo, the War Secretary in Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, that he might have become entangled with a Soviet spy ring through his friendship with Stephen Ward, and his affair with showgirl Christine Keeler, who was introduced by Ward to Profumo. Soviet Naval Attache Eugene Ivanov was also involved with Keeler at this time, in the early
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