# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andy-palmer
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:13:51.557Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andy-palmer"
name: "Andy Palmer"
slug: "andy-palmer"
description: "Andrew Charles Palmer is an English automotive executive and engineer. He has been described as the 'Godfather of EVs' and the 'éminence grise' of the auto industry due to his work launching the Nissan Leaf in 2010 whilst COO at the Japanese company. Palmer is also known for launching Aston Martin's first SUV, the DBX, and first mid-engined sports car, Valkyrie, during his tenure as CEO from 2014 to 2020. Palmer was previously CEO and Executive Vice-chairman of electric bus and van company, Switch. He resigned from this role in 2022. Palmer was appointed Interim CEO of PodPoint in July 2023."
tagline: "British businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andy_Palmer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1963-06-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.366201333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9704096/"
    handle:    "nm9704096"
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC"
    title: "アンディ・パーマー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "أندي بالمر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "اندى بالمر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Palmer"
    title: "Andy Palmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Palmer"
    title: "Andy Palmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "اندی پالمر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15854233"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1341360"
    title: "Andy Palmer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump