Ayala Hakim

Ayala Hakim (אילה חכים) (born August 19, 1960) is an Israeli businesswoman and former military person. She is an executive of the technology division of Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank, Israel. Previously she was a member of the Israeli Defence Forces, discharged in the rank of Brigadier-general.

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.

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).

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.

In 2013 she was presented with the Lidwig Mitvah Award for Outstanding Information Systems Managers.

After the discharge from the IDF in July 2013 she joined Mizrahi-Tefahot as director of the information technology division. , she is CEO of the Technology Division and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the bank.

On September 30, 2020 Misrahi-Tefahot appointed her to the Board of Directors of the Union Bank of Israel after the acquisition of the Union Bank by Mizrahi-Tefahot.

She has B.S. in Economics and Political Science and M.S. in Business Management from Bar-Ilan University.

Hakim is married and has a daughter.