Senior Leadership

Commodore Pavlos Angelopoulos HN, was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1971. He joined the Hellenic Naval Academy in 1990 and graduated in 1994 as Ensign of the Hellenic Navy.

His operational service includes assignments on board surface units of the Hellenic Fleet, mainly on Frigates. He served as Executive Officer of HS NAVARINON (F-461), and as Commanding Officer of FPB XENOS (P-27). During his sea-service he took part in operations “SHARP GUARD”, “OCEAN SHIELD”, and “UNIFIL”.

His staff assignments include tours in the Hellenic Navy General Staff (HNGS), as Aide-de-camp to the Chief of HNGS, and as Staff Officer responsible for NATO & EU affairs, in the Policy Section. He also served as Deputy Director in the Executive Office of the Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (HNDGS), as Staff Officer in the D3 Directorate in HNDGS, responsible for the US-Greece bilateral Defence Cooperation, as Section Head in the Armaments Directorate/HNGS, responsible for the FDI HN frigates procurement program, and as Director in the Strategy, Policy & Defence Planning Directorate (A1), in the HNGS.

Stationed abroad, he served as Maritime Operations Section Head, in the Combined Joined Operations from the Sea Center of Excellence (CJOS COE), in Norfolk, USA.

On 12 January 2026 he was promoted to Commodore (OF-6) and assumed the Command of the NMIOTC on 22 January 2026.

He is a graduate of the Hellenic Joint War College and the Hellenic National Defence College.

He holds Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) and Engineering Acoustics (MSEA), both obtained by the US Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Monterey, CA, USA.

He has received all the Hellenic medals, decorations, and commendations appropriate to an officer of his rank, including the Meritorious Service Medal of the United States.

Commodore Angelopoulos is married to Natassa Rangou and has one son and one daughter.

Capt. Savaş GÜLEROĞLU was born in İstanbul in 1981. He graduated from Naval High School in 1999, Naval Academy in 2003 and Turkish Naval War College in 2022.

During his sea service, he assumed duties respectively as Communication Electronic Officer, CIC Electronic Officer, Electronic Warfare Officer and CIC Officer onboard TCG Turgutreis, Navigational Officer onboard TCG Salihreis, Operational Officer onboard TCG Kemalreis and Executive Officer onboard TCG Yıldırım.

Capt.GÜLEROĞLU was Commanding Officer of MEKO Class Frigate
TCG Kemalreis (F-247) between 2023-2025 and he participated in 7 months Standing
NATO Maritime Group-2 (SNMG-2) deployment as a Flagship Captain during
December 2024-July 2025.

Ashore, Capt.GÜLEROĞLU served as Staff Officer in Turkish Fleet Command HQ, Instructor Officer in Surface Training Center, Head of Operation Branch of Northern Surface Task Group. and Exercise and Wargame Director at Naval Warfare Center in Gölcük/Kocaeli.

Abroad, Capt.GÜLEROĞLU participated in Counter Piracy Operations in Manama/Bahreyn in 2019 as an Intelligence Officer (N2), he graduated from
NATO Defense College in Rome in 2023 and Albanian Security and Defense College in Tirana in 2026.

Capt.GÜLEROĞLU holds a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Kocaeli University.