| Office: | Co-ordinator of the UN Security Council's Panel of Experts on sanctions on North Korea |
| Term Start: | April 2011 |
| Term End: | November 2012 |
| Governor: | Ban Ki-moon |
| Office2: | London School of Economics Visiting Senior Fellow, Asia Research Centre |
| Term Start2: | September 2010 |
| Term End2: | June 2012 |
| Office3: | Pantech Fellow, Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center at Stanford University, California |
| Term Start3: | September 2010 |
| Term End3: | June 2011 |
| Office4: | Trustee of the London Cycling Campaign |
| Term Start4: | July 2009 |
| Term End4: | October 2010 |
| Office5: | Trustee of the Youth Hostel Association |
| Term Start5: | June 2009 |
| Term End5: | July 2010 |
| Term Start6: | February 2006 |
| Term End6: | July 2008 |
| Term Start7: | September 2001 |
| Term End7: | April 2005 |
| Term Start8: | May 1998 |
| Term End8: | October 2000 |
| Term Start9: | May 1993 |
| Term End9: | December 1995 |
| Birth Date: | 24 November 1956 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Relations: | William Ralph Everard (father) |
| Residence: | London, United Kingdom |
John Vivian Everard (born 24 November 1956)[1] is a British former diplomat.[2] He was formerly the UK's ambassador to Belarus, the UK's ambassador to Uruguay and the UK's ambassador to North Korea from 2006 to 2008,[3] after which he was the holder of the Pantech fellowship at the Shorenstein Asia–Pacific Research Center at Stanford University in 2010 and 2011.[4]
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne to William Ralph Everard and Margaret Nora Jennifer Everard,[1] [5] Everard holds BA and MA degrees in Chinese from Emmanuel College at Cambridge University, and a diploma in economics from Beijing University. Everard also earned an MBA from Manchester Business School.
Everard was appointed the coordinator of the United Nations Panel of Experts on sanctions against North Korea established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 in March 2011[6] and withdrew from that position in November 2012.[7]
Everard is proficient in Chinese, Spanish, German, Russian and French. Everard is a cyclist. He was a trustee of the Youth Hostels Association of England and Wales from 2009 to 2010.
Everard married Heather Ann Starkey in 1990;[1] they live in London.[8]