Bate your breath no longer Pontius!
BECAUSE, if this person is your declared partner, when someone says "who is this" you say "My Partner".
If however, this person is not declared, then you have to come up with another excuse like "just a friend" or "business partner".
I feel really bad about the fact that he might actually be doing a good job, his friends have funded Werrity's travel, the security services are ok with it, his wife is ok with it, and we (collectively) are about to get him fired because he did not choose to come out, which (unqualified to say) is probably a very personal decision - are his parents alive?, what is their religion? This could yet turn out to be a witch hunt, no influence peddling, no security risk, but it is probably too late - he is toast.