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 charge is of creating an illegal tax evasion scheme worth 245 million euro. The scheme, according to the prosecution, was created through an arrangement between Unicredit, Barclays (the British bank) and two other minor companies. The trial is due to start in October 2012. In May 2017 Finmeccanica (Leonardo since 1 January 2017) Board of Directors appointed Alessandro Profumo as new Chief Executive Officer of the Group. In 2017, Alessandro Profumo undertook certain actions (creation of a new organisational unit dedicated to commercial activities, strengthening of the diplomatic network, one structure for communicating to all stakeholders and a new organisational