Sir John Alan Shepherd, KCVO CMG (born 1943) is a retired British diplomat.
[1] After three years as Head of the European Communities Department at the FCO, he was appointed the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Bahrain (serving from 1988 to 1991).
After a year as Director, Middle East and North Africa at the FCO, he served as Deputy Under-Secretary from 1997 to 2000, after which he was the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Italy until 2003.
[1] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in October 2000,[3] when Elizabeth II visited Italy.
[4] After leaving the Service, Shepherd was Secretary-General of the Global Leadership Foundation until 2006 and remains a director as of 2019.