diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Membership/IUser.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Membership/IUser.cs
index ab9c02b1b2..4aee69705e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Membership/IUser.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Membership/IUser.cs
@@ -7,18 +7,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership
     /// Defines the interface for a <see cref="User"/>
     /// </summary>
     /// <remarks>Will be left internal until a proper Membership implementation is part of the roadmap</remarks>
-    public interface IUser : IMembershipUser, IProfile
+    public interface IUser : IMembershipUser
     {
-        new int Id { get; set; }
-
+        string Name { get; set; }
         int SessionTimeout { get; set; }
         int StartContentId { get; set; }
         int StartMediaId { get; set; }
         string Language { get; set; }
         
-        //NOTE: I have removed this because it is obsolete in v7 and we are basically removing live editing for now
-        //bool DefaultToLiveEditing { get; set; }
-
         IUserType UserType { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -32,5 +28,10 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership
         IEnumerable<string> AllowedSections { get; }
         void RemoveAllowedSection(string sectionAlias);
         void AddAllowedSection(string sectionAlias);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Exposes the basic profile data
+        /// </summary>
+        IProfile ProfileData { get; }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Membership/User.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Membership/User.cs
index b35fd04bba..6d2f104013 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Membership/User.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Membership/User.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership
         private string _username;
         private string _email;
         private string _password;
-        private Guid _key;
         private bool _isApproved;
         private bool _isLockedOut;
         private string _language;
@@ -239,14 +238,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership
         public int FailedPasswordAttempts { get; set; }
         
         #endregion
-
-        #region Implementation of IProfile
-
-        object IProfile.Id
-        {
-            get { return Id; }
-            set { Id = (int)value; }
-        }
+        
+        #region Implementation of IUser
 
         [DataMember]
         public string Name
@@ -255,17 +248,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership
             set
             {
                 SetPropertyValueAndDetectChanges(o =>
-                    {
-                        _name = value;
-                        return _name;
-                    }, _name, NameSelector);
+                {
+                    _name = value;
+                    return _name;
+                }, _name, NameSelector);
             }
         }
 
-        #endregion
-
-        #region Implementation of IUser
-
         public IEnumerable<string> AllowedSections
         {
             get { return _sectionCollection; }
@@ -284,6 +273,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership
             }
         }
 
+        public IProfile ProfileData
+        {
+            get { return new UserProfile(this); }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Used internally to check if we need to add a section in the repository to the db
         /// </summary>
@@ -465,5 +459,30 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership
                 _removedSections.Add(e.OldItems.Cast<string>().First());
             }
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Internal class used to wrap the user in a profile
+        /// </summary>
+        private class UserProfile : IProfile
+        {
+            private readonly IUser _user;
+
+            public UserProfile(IUser user)
+            {
+                _user = user;
+            }
+
+            public object Id
+            {
+                get { return _user.Id; }
+                set { _user.Id = (int)value; }
+            }
+
+            public string Name
+            {
+                get { return _user.Name; }
+                set { _user.Name = value; }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/UserService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/UserService.cs
index 589ed43046..fd43b496b1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/UserService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/UserService.cs
@@ -343,13 +343,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         public IProfile GetProfileById(int id)
         {
             var user = GetUserById(id);
-            return user;
+            return user.ProfileData;
         }
 
         public IProfile GetProfileByUserName(string login)
         {
             var user = GetByUsername(login);
-            return user;
+            return user.ProfileData;
         }
 
         public IUser GetUserById(int id)