Rear Admiral Giovanbattista Raimondi has been the Deputy Commander of the Italian Cyberspace Operations Command since January 2022.
He joined the Italian Navy in 1984. As a naval officer, he has served as the Commanding Officer of the minehunter TERMOLI and of frigate ALISEO, Chief of the Italian Navy Telecommunications Centre, and Deputy Commander of the European operation against piracy EUNAVFOR Somalia. His assignments out of the operational duties have been related to C4 and cyber domain in the Italian Naval Operations Headquarters, in the Navy General Staff and Defence General Staff. Moreover, he was appointed as the National Permanent Representative in the NATO C3 Board and was designated as European Defence Community Representative in the Technical Advisory Group on Maritime Surveillance of the European Commission.