Al-Nasr has been at the helm of NEOM since July 2018. In October 2023, the NEOM Investment Fund invested $100 million into Pony.ai, an autonomous driving company, and established a joint venture for autonomous technology solutions to develop, manufacture, and deliver autonomous driving services, advanced vehicles, and smart vehicle infrastructure in NEOM and key markets in MENA. Al-Nasr began his career at Saudi Aramco in 1978. In 2009, he was appointed by Royal Decree to serve on the advisory board of the Supreme Economic Council, and in 2017, he was appointed interim president of the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center.