Saudi Arabia has unveiled the new-look global advisory board of NEOM, the destination for the future of living being developed in northwest Saudi Arabia, according to Saudi Gazette.
The board brings together experts who are specialised in urban planning, architecture, design, technology, sustainability, energy and manufacturing.
The advisory panel includes Sam Altman, president of YC Group and co-chairman of Open AI; Marc Andreessen, co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz; Tim Brown, CEO and president of IDEO; Timothy Collins, founder and CEO of Ripplewood Advisors LLC; Alexandra Cousteau, senior Advisor to Oceana; Dan Doctoroff, founder and CEO of Sidewalk Labs.
The list also includes Lord Norman Foster, founder and executive chairman of Foster + Partners; Jean Fréchet, distinguished professor of chemistry; Travis Kalanick, CEO of City Storage Systems; Neelie Kroes, former vice president of the European Commission; Andrew Liveris, former chairman and CEO of Dow Chemical and executive chairman of DowDuPont; Ernest J Moniz, president and CEO of Energy Futures Initiative; Marc Raibert, founder and CEO of Boston Dynamics; Carlo Ratti, professor of urban technologies and planning director at MIT’s Senseable City Lab; John Rossant, founder and chairman at NewCities Foundation; Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group Corp; Rob Speyer, president and CEO of Tishman Speyer; and Peter R Voser, chairman of ABB Group.