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Ayala Hakim
Israeli general and businesswomen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ayala Hakim (Hebrew: אילה חכים; born August 19, 1960) is an Israeli businesswoman and former military general. She is the Head of Information Technology and Chief Executive Officer of the Technology division at Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot.[1][2] Prior to that, she served in the IDF in various computer-related roles, and completed her service as the commander of the Lotem Unit with the rank of brigadier general.[3][4]
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Education
She has a B.S. in Economics and Political Science and an M.S. in Business Management from Bar-Ilan University.[5]
Hakim is married and has a daughter.[4]
Early life and career
Hakim grew up in Tel Aviv. In 1979 she enlisted in the IDF and served as a programmer in Mamram.[4]
In 1999 she was transferred to the Israeli Intelligence Corps and in 2002 she became head of the computing unit of the Military Intelligence Directorate.[4]
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 Mamram (2006-2010).[4]
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.[3][4]
In 2013 she was presented with the Lidwig Mitvah[6] Award for Outstanding Information Systems Managers. That year, she retired from the IDF.[7]
After leaving the IDF, she joined Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot as director of the information technology division.[8][1][2]
On September 30, 2020 Bank Misrahi-Tefahot appointed her to the Board of Directors of the Union Bank of Israel after the acquisition of the Union Bank by Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot.[5]
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