---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916540-23-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T05:35:12.504381+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darling Ingredients names Matt Jansen COO North America; Rick Elrod to retire April 2024

## Summary
- Matt Jansen named Chief Operating Officer, North America, effective immediately.
- Rick Elrod, EVP U.S. Rendering Operations, to retire in April 2024 after 30 years.
- Brandon Lairmore, currently SVP North Central Region, to succeed Elrod upon retirement.
- Jansen joins from StepStone Group; previously CEO of COFCO International and exec roles at ADM.
- Succession plan includes transition period with Elrod continuing to lead U.S. rendering.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916540-23-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000022/0000916540-23-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000022/dar-20230510.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-23-000022
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-23-000022.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-23-000022.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rick A. Elrod departed as Executive Vice President, U.S. Rendering Operations at DARLING INGREDIENTS INC..
  - Action: informed the Company of his intention to retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President, U.S. Rendering Operations
  source text: On May 10, 2023, Rick A. Elrod, the Executive Vice President, U.S. Rendering Operations of Darling Ingredients Inc. (the “Company”), and a named executive officer in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated March 23, 2023, informed the Company of his intention to retire in April 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000022/0000916540-23-000022-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.