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Hazem Mulhim
Founder and CEO
Hazem Mulhim
Founder and CEO
Hazem Mulhim’s background is multilayered, established through a career spanning 35 years in international markets. After his graduation from Bulgaria with a Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering and Medical Electronics, Mulhim began his career working at Siemens in Kuwait in 1980, where he saw firsthand how computing was starting to transform the health industry.
As the digital revolution was just starting worldwide in the early 1980s, he decided to get closer to the epicenter of innovation, moving to the US to work. There, he would accentuate his entrepreneurial vision and develop a deeper insight into emerging technologies and markets. In 1984, he moved to Jordan to establish what is now Eastnets.
In 2007, Eastnets acquired SIDE International, a leader in AML solutions based in Belgium. This expansion strategy worked, and soon Eastnets was serving a 750-strong client base.
Mulhim’s acute vision and industry insight would help Eastnets secure multiple prestigious international awards and in one recent case achieve leadership in a global compliance industry vertical.
Mulhim had also continued his academic drive, earning a Certificate of Advanced Management Program (AMP) from the prestigious Institute of INSEAD, France, and an OWP from IMD Lausanne, Switzerland.
View LinkedInDeya Innab
Deputy CEO
Deya Innab
Deputy CEO
As Deputy CEO, Ms. Innab works closely with the Chief Executive Officer to develop corporate strategy, goals, policies, short and long-term objectives for consideration, adoption, and implementation by the Board of Directors. Acts as the secondary spokesperson for the organization and is responsible for all day-to-day management decisions and for implementing the organization's long and short-term strategic objectives.
Deya has been instrumental in developing Eastnets' global growth strategy in alignment with the company's corporate vision and translating this strategy into innovative solutions and products that meet the evolving needs and the dynamic nature of the industry.
Ms. Innab has led several development initiatives for Eastnets, including the industry-leading ChainFeed™ solution — a secure real-time watchlist feed over the blockchain.
Before joining Eastnets, Ms. Innab's career encompassed working for several entrepreneurial tech firms as well as the multinational professional services network, KPMG, serving global clients.
Ms. Innab is a graduate of the University of Jordan, where she gained a degree in computer science. In addition, she has attended a number of prestigious executive development programs including INSEAD’s flagship intensive Advanced Management Program in Fontainebleau France, and the Orchestrating Winning Performance management program at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. Ms. Innab is a certified board of directors by Jordan, Institute of Directors – IFC.
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Chief Technology Officer
Luay Gadallah
Chief Technology Officer
Luay Gadallah joined Eastnets in 2018, in the capacity of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As Eastnets CTO, Gadallah is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of Eastnets’ technology organization, as well as upholding the company’s technology position at the forefront of the industry.
His position is key to implementing Eastnets’ ambitious strategy of adapting to the significant shift in financial compliance, payments and anti-fraud technologies worldwide. As a strategic business partner at Eastnets, Gadallah defines a vision that aligns technology groups to deliver and maintain high quality offerings through developing and managing multiple functioning and collaborative technology groups.
Gadallah bridges partnerships with customers and business leaders to understand the current and future needs of customers and industry. He also identifies key growth opportunities and new technologies for Eastnets suite of offerings. As CTO, he nurtures innovation among multicultural technology teams operating across five continents.
Gadallah brings more than 20 years of industry experience to the role at Eastnets, with a focus on software development, quality engineering, security, operations and Risk Management. Before Eastnets, he worked at Accuity, the payments and compliance division of RELX Group, where he directed technology teams across the US, Europe and India serving multiple business units, and was responsible for technology team formation, process optimization, technology financial planning, and enterprise software creation in support of business growth.
Gadallah has also established offshore partnerships with augmentation partners to flex technology capacity and capabilities. He participated in multiple mergers and acquisitions providing technology due diligence expertise, and was responsible for planning, staffing, budgeting and forecasts for multiple geographically dispersed technology groups.
View LinkedInFahed Abu Hijleh
Chief Sales Officer
Fahed Abu Hijleh
Chief Sales Officer
Fahed Abu Hijleh is a highly experienced sales executive, who joined Eastnets in the early 1990s. Since then, he had led the team that grew the company’s global client base.
Abu Hijleh has seen the industry mature and transform during his career. Supported by Eastnets’ future-proof innovative product technology, he has consistently worked toward building a customer-centric sales culture, which ultimately has led to impressive levels of client trust and loyalty.
In his time at Eastnets, Abu Hijleh has taken on different managerial and leadership roles, covering business development, sales, product conceptualization, management, and strategy. Through planning and managing direct and indirect sales operations, he has consistently grown the company’s sales projections.
Abu Hijleh earned his BA Degree in Commerce from Assiut University, Egypt, with a major in Accounting. He had also attended the Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP) management program at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland.
View LinkedInElie Fernaini
Chief Financial Officer
Elie Fernaini
Chief Financial Officer
Elie Fernaini is Eastnets CFO. He has more than 30 years’ experience in multinational corporate financial management, control and advisory service in Europe, Middle East and Africa. His past experience includes the post of VP of Finance, Admin & Corporate Affairs for ITWORX. He’s also managed finance departments in different industries such as FMCG, Information Technology Services, and Telecommunication.
Prior to ITWORX, Fernaini served as the CFO at MTN Group in Guinea Conakry. Fernaini played a leading role in setting up MTN business practice in Guinea, from the introduction to overseeing the financial activities, planning, budget control, revenue assurance, and supply chain management.
Fernaini spent 11 years in France where he revised his Bachelor’s Degree in Economy with specialization in Finance from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, CNAM. He earned his MSF (Masters Specialized in Corporate Finance) in 2001, from the top-ranking international business school, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris – Ecole Européenne des Affairs.
In 2012, Fernaini took an international education program in INSEAD and, in May 2014, took the Leadership for Senior Executives program in Harvard Business School.
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