Robo.ai appoints Alif Holding CEO

Robo.ai Inc. (NASDAQ: AIIO) announced the appointment of Dr. Jasem Ibrahim Mansour Al-Mansory as Chief Executive Officer of its proposed subsidiary Alif Holding, an Abu Dhabi-headquartered intelligent industrial technology group, effective immediately. This appointment, together with the previously announced Chairman appointment of H.E. Dr. Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi, former President of International — Interpol, completes the Group's core leadership and formally establishes Alif Holding's governance structure and management team. Alif Holding is intended to operate two integrated platforms - intelligent software and intelligent equipment - and, upon establishment, to develop, integrate and manufacture AI systems in the UAE across sectors including energy, oil and gas, ports, public safety, utilities, mining, transportation, smart cities and critical infrastructure. Dr. Al-Mansory, a retired Brigadier with over three decades of service in the UAE Ministry of Interior, will direct the Group's day-to-day operations and management. The Group emphasizes building a local senior management team, with both its Chairman and CEO being senior UAE nationals, aiming to ground decision-making locally and develop national talent and domestic industrial capability.