Director of DOBQA

Colonel Spyridon Papadimas
Offset Benefits and Quality Assurance Director
(Since 02/09/2025)

PERSONAL DETAILS

Place of birth: Preveza, GREECE

Date of birth: 09/03/1974

Marital status: married with one (1) child.

He speaks English.

WORK EXPERIENCE / MAIN DUTY ASSIGNMENTS

02 Sep 2025: General Directorate of Defense Investments and Armaments (GDDIA) / Offset Benefits and Quality Assurance (OBQA) Director

2021 – 2025: Army General Staff Inspectorate / Evaluations Directorate / Section Head

2019 – 2021: Unit Commander (106 Self-Propelled Artillery Unit)

2018 – 2019: Supreme Military Command of the Interior and Islands / Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) Wing Director

2016 – 2017: Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS) / Air Defence Directorate / Staff Officer

2015 – 2017: Deputy Commander (180 Battalion «HAWK»)

2011 – 2014: Project Officer of the NATO Evaluation Department in NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI)

2010 – 2011: Hellenic Army General Staff (HAGS) / D2 / Staff Officer

2007 – 2010: Operations Officer (180 Battalion «HAWK»)

2006 – 2007: Anti-aircraft Artillery Battery Commander (180 Battalion «HAWK»)

2001 – 2006: Anti-aircraft Artillery Squadron Commander – Tactical Control Officer (TCO) (181 Battalion «HAWK»)

1999 – 2001: Anti-aircraft Artillery Battery Commander – 1st Office Staff Officer (95 Battalion)

1998 – 1999: Gunnery Officer – Heavy Self Propelled Artillery Commander (153 Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Unit)

TRAINING

2023 : Strategic Leadership Programme

2021 – 2022: Hellenic National Defence College (HNDC)

2022: CREVAL Evaluator Course

2017 – 2018: MSc in International Relations and Security (University of Macedonia)

2017 – 2018: Hellenic Supreme Joint War College (HSJWC)

2011: TACEVAL Evaluator Course

EDUCATION

2011: Hellenic Army War College

2006: Advanced Modular Training

1996 – 1997: 2nd Lieutenant Basic Training (Artillery Directorate) – Anti-Aircraft Defense Department

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

He has been honored with all the prescribed medals and commemorations that correspond to the rank and positions of responsibility he assumed.