Richard Palmer

Richard Palmer was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has an extensive background in business operations as well as all aspects of finance including treasury and tax.

Palmer served as Finance Manager for several business units at General Electric Oil & Gas. He also spent the first years of his career in Audit with Price Waterhouse and later with United Technologies Corporation.

He held a variety of financial leadership positions since joining the Fiat Group in 2003 as CFO of Comau. He was CFO of FCA US LLC from 2009 to 2017. He also was CFO of Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. from December 2006 and Iveco from June 2005.

Palmer was appointed CFO and named a member of the FCA Group Executive Council in September 2011. In that role, he was responsible for all financial activities of the Group including control, treasury and tax.

He was named Head of Business Development in July 2018. In April 2019, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of FCA as an executive member. Previously, he also served as Chief Operating Officer of Systems and Castings.

Palmer is a Chartered Accountant and member of ICAEW (England). He holds a bachelor of science in microbiology from the University of Warwick (England). He is currently a member of the board of LSC Communications Inc.