inv estig ating ▁the ▁s aga ▁surrounding ▁pay ments ▁made ▁by ▁the ▁former ▁leader , ▁I ain ▁Dun can ▁Smith , ▁to ▁his ▁wife , ▁B ets y , ▁for ▁secret arial ▁work ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁In ▁the ▁private ▁report , ▁Mac G reg or ▁was ▁cleared ▁of ▁any ▁wrong do ing . ▁Mac G reg or ▁and ▁G ear son ▁were ▁re insert ed ▁on ▁the ▁parliament ary ▁candidates ▁list , ▁despite ▁protest s ▁from ▁the ▁traditional ist ▁Cor ner stone ▁Group ▁of ▁back ben ch ers , ▁although ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁later ▁res elect ed ▁by ▁the ▁Th an et ▁South ▁Conserv ative ▁Association , ▁losing ▁to ▁Laura ▁Sand ys ▁who ▁later ▁became ▁the ▁MP . ▁ ▁Later ▁career ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Mac G reg or ▁res umed ▁his ▁business ▁career ▁becoming ▁chief ▁executive ▁of ▁cloud ▁and ▁IT ▁services ▁business , ▁Connect ▁Support ▁Services . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Connect ▁purchased ▁the ▁assets ▁of ▁Host ed ▁Revolution ▁Ltd ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁acquired ▁Th in host ▁Ltd , ▁both ▁cloud ▁service ▁prov iders . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁Deput y ▁Director ▁of ▁Policy ▁Exchange . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : 1 9 6 1 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : Con serv ative ▁Party ▁( UK ) ▁polit icians ▁Category : Al umn i ▁of ▁Her iot - W att ▁University ▁Category : Pe ople ▁educated