Alastair Malcolm Leithead (/ˈliːθhɛd/; born 1972) is an English journalist working as a foreign correspondent for the BBC.
He was raised in Blaydon-on-Tyne and educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle.
As a foreign correspondent, Leithead has been based in Africa and Asia before moving to Kabul.
Leithead has reported from a refugee camp in South Sudan.
More recently, he has been based in Los Angeles before being re-located to Kenya as the BBC's Africa Correspondent in July 2015.