Sir John Stainton Whitehead (20 September 1932 â 8 November 2013) was a British diplomat and businessman.
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.
He was Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Japan from 1986 until 1992.
After his retirement from the diplomatic service, he was a senior advisor to Deutsche Bank, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and other international companies.
He became Chairman of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Trust Bank (Japan).