Sir John Stainton Whitehead (20 September 1932 – 8 November 2013)WHITEHEAD was a British diplomat and businessman. "Whitehead, Sir John Stainton, GCMG., CVO., MA; BA," International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who including Who's Who in Public International Law. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
Career 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.Japaninvest Group, John Whitehead . Retrieved 7 January 2013.
He became Chairman of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Trust Bank (Japan).
Honours Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Commander (KCMG) Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Grand Cross (GCMG) Royal Victorian Order, Commander (CVO) Order of the Rising Sun, Grand Cordon, 2006 Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford
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External links "(Nearly) meeting the Emperor" at Daiwa Foundation