Background
Whittleton, Jack A. was born in 1936 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, WORLD0.
Whittleton, Jack A. was born in 1936 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, WORLD0.
Bachelor, San Francisco State College, 1960. Postgraduate, University Oregon.
With, International Business Machines Corporation, Canada, 1961-1963; with, Ministry of External Affairs, Canada, 1963; deputy director Commonwealth Caribbean division, Department External Affairs, 1969-1973; deputy director United States division, Department External Affairs, 1976; director North Asia and Pacific division, Department External Affairs, 1977-1982; 3d secretary, Canada High Commission, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 1964-1966; counsellor, Canada High Commission, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1973-1975; 2d secretary, Canada Embassy, Tel Aviv, 1966-1968; minister, Canada Embassy, Tokyo, 1982-1986; ambassador, Canada Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1986-1989; director-general, Foreign Policy and Trade Comm. Bureau, 1989-1993; director-general, Latin American and Caribbean Bureau, 1994-1995; ambassador, deputy executive director, Asia-Pacific Economics Cooperation Secretariat, 1996; ambassador, executive director, Asia-Pacific Economics Cooperation Secretariat, since 1997.
Married Yukie Kohata. 2 children.