Nadhmi A. Al-Nasr[1] (Arabic: نظمي النصر) is the former CEO of the NEOM project from 2018 to 2024 and is the former Executive Vice-President for Administration and Finance at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and has held this office since 2008.
[3] Nasr's management of the NEOM project has attracted controversy, with former employees alleging abusive working conditions.
[1] On 12 November 2024, he was replaced by the newly appointed CEO Aiman Al-Mudaifer following bad behavior, uncertainty and worker deaths.
[6] In 2022, former employees of the NEOM project stated that Nasr had promoted a management culture that "belittled expatriates, made unrealistic demands, and neglected discrimination in the workplace".
"[8] Andrew Wirth, a former chief executive of NEOM, in his resignation letter accused Nasr's leadership of being "consistently inclusive of disparagement and inappropriately dismissive and demeaning outbursts.