| Sir John Whitehead | |
| Office: | British Ambassador to Japan |
| Term Start: | 1986 |
| Term End: | 1992 |
| Primeminister: | Margaret Thatcher John Major |
| Predecessor: | Sir Sydney Giffard |
| Successor: | Sir John Boyd |
| Birth Date: | 1932 9, df=y |
| Nationality: | British |
| Education: | Christ's Hospital |
| Alma Mater: | Hertford College, Oxford |
| Occupation: | Diplomat |
| Children: | 4 |
Sir John Stainton Whitehead (20 September 1932 – 8 November 2013)[1] was a British diplomat and businessman.[2]
Whitehead was educated at Christ's Hospital and Hertford College, Oxford and joined the British Foreign Service in 1955 after a period of National Service.[3]
He was Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Japan from 1986 until 1992.[3]
After his retirement from the diplomatic service, he was a senior advisor to Deutsche Bank, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and other international companies.[4]
He became Chairman of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Trust Bank (Japan).[4]