Chief of Staff CommodoreSpyridon Pollatos
Commodore Spyridon Pollatos HN
Commodore Spyridon Pollatos Hellenic Navy graduated from Hellenic Naval Academy, in June 1991, as a Surface Warfare Officer.
At sea, he spent fifteen (15) years from which he served about ten (10) years onboard Frigates as Division Officer, Department Officer and XO. Commodore Pollatos commanded two warships, HS NAVMACHOS (GB – Gun Boat) and HS AIGAION (AEGEAN) (FFGH – Guided-Missile Aviation Frigate).
Ashore, the last two years he was the Director of the Strategic Planning & Policy Directorate at the Hellenic Navy General Staff. Moreover, in the past, he worked in Hellenic National Defence General Staff in Transformation Directorate, in Hellenic Navy General Staff in Plans and Policy Directorate and in Hellenic Navy Frigates School as Director and Deputy Commander. He, also, served as Hellenic Navy Spokesman, for two years.
Abroad, he had participated in the European Union Naval Force against piracy off the coast of Somalia – Operation ATALANTA, twice as Staff Officer of the FHQ (BWC and ACOS N5 respectively) and 15 months as Staff Officer of the OHQ in NORTHWOOD UK (DACOS CJ2).
Commodore Pollatos attended successfully the Naval Staff School and the Supreme Joint War College in Greece. Internationally, he successfully attended the NATO Public Affairs Officer’s Course from the Multinational Peace Support Operations Training Center (MPSOTC) in Kilkis Greece, the International Surface Warfare Officer School – ISWOS in Newport RI, and the US Naval War College-NCC in Newport RI. He has a MA of Science in Operations Research and a MA of Science in Applied Mathematics from Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA.
In January 27, 2025 Pollatos promoted to Commodore and since 31 Mar 2025, he has assumed the duties of COS OHQ EUNAVFOR MED Operation IRINI.
He is married with three daughters.
