Stephen Evans CMG OBE (born 29 June 1950) is a British diplomat who has been on secondment since 2011 as NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations.
Stephen Nicholas Evans was educated at King's College, Taunton, then gained a BA degree from Bristol University.
He served a three-year "short service commission" as a Lieutenant in the Royal Tank Regiment 1971–74[1] before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).
He was Head of the Political Section at the Embassy in Turkey 1990–93, Counsellor Economic at the British High Commission in Pakistan 1993–96, and on secondment with the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan 1996–97.
He spent the academic year 2007–08 at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, gaining the degree of Master of Philosophy in Historical Studies.