Ayala Hakim (; born August 19, 1960) is an Israeli businesswoman and former military general. She is Head of Information Technology and a Chief Executive Officer of the Technology division of

Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot () is the third-largest bank in Israel. It has around 140 branches. The bank is the largest among Israel's mortgage lenders. The CEO of Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot since September 2020 is Moshe Larry, who replaced Eldad Persher, t ...

. Prior to that, she served in the IDF in computer positions, and completed her service as the commander of the Lotem unit with the rank of brigadier general.

Education

She has a B.S. in Economics and Political Science and an M.S. in Business Management from

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, , ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic university institution. It has 20,000 ...

."Union Bank. The Board Of Directors"
(retrieved June 25, 2022) Hakim is married and has a daughter.

Early life and career

Hakim grew up in Tel Aviv. In 1979 she enlisted in the IDF and served as a programmer in

Mamram Mamram (), abbreviation for Center of Computing and Information Systems ( ''Merkaz Mahshevim UMa'arahot Meida''), originally Center of Computing and Mechanized Registration ( ''Merkaz Mahshevim VeRishum Memukhan'') is the Israel Defense Forces' ce ...

. In 1999 she was transferred to the

Israeli Intelligence Corps The Israeli Intelligence Corps (, ''Heil HaModi'in''), abbreviated to Haman () is an Israel Defense Forces corps which falls under the jurisdiction of IDF Directorate of Military Intelligence ( Aman) and is responsible for collecting, disseminatin ...

and in 2002 she became head of the computing unit of the Military Intelligence Directorate. In 2005 she became deputy commander of Lotem Unit (Unit for Telecommunications and Information Technology) of the IDF Computer Service Directorate. In 2006 she became the 14th commander of

(2006-2010). In 2010 she was promoted to the rank of Colonel-general and appointed head of Lotem (2010-2013). She was the third woman to be promoted to this rank and the first woman in the IDF computer services.תא"ל אילה חכים נכנסה לתפקידה כמפקדת יחידת לוט"ם
, editorial, February 14, 2010Yossi Toni
אילה חכים תמונה לתפקיד מפקדת יחידת לוט"ם ותועלה לדרגת תא"ל
''People and Computers'', August 4, 2009 In 2013 she was presented with the Lidwig Mitvah Award for Outstanding Information Systems Managers. That year, she retired from the IDF. After leaving the IDF, she joined Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot as director of the information technology division.אילה חכים מונתה למנהלת חטיבת הטכנולוגיה של מזרחי-טפחות
April 29, 2013Ayala Hakim
a Bloomberg profileOfficers and Directors. Meet the current directors and senior management team of Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank Ltd
(retrieved June 25, 2022) On September 30, 2020 Bank Misrahi-Tefahot appointed her to the Board of Directors of the

Union Bank of Israel The Union Bank of Israel, Ltd. (); ), more widely known by its Hebrew name, Bank Igud, is the sixth largest Israeli bank, with thirty branches spread around the country. In September 2020, Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot acquired all the shares of Bank Igud, ...

after the acquisition of the Union Bank by Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot.

References

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