HF-point of contention here-'Laura is a failure and she knows it.' IMO, that's hlaf the problem-she doesn't know she's a failure. I suspect we're dealing with an outsize ego here, after years of running non-profits for low sixes (obviously a generous WAG), she's driving the Neom bus. No left turn unstoned.
Facsimile of a fly on the wall on at a Neom board meeting: