Profumo affair Party was marked by the scandal, which may have contributed to its defeat by the Labour Party in the 1964 general election. When the Profumo–Keeler affair was first revealed, public interest was heightened by reports that Keeler may have been simultaneously involved with Captain Yevgeny Ivanov, a Soviet naval attaché, thereby creating a possible security risk. Keeler knew both Profumo and Ivanov through her friendship with Stephen Ward, an osteopath and socialite who had taken her under his wing. The exposure of the affair generated rumours of other scandals, and drew official attention to the activities of Ward, who was
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