---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916540-23-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2023-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T07:25:08.682674+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darling Ingredients Chief Strategy Officer John Bullock to retire; Robert Day named successor

## Summary
- John Bullock, EVP and Chief Strategy Officer, announced retirement effective Feb. 15, 2024; he joined Darling in 2012.
- Robert (Bob) Day appointed Chief Strategy Officer effective Aug. 6, 2023, bringing ~30 years of agri/commodities experience.
- Bullock was instrumental in creating Diamond Green Diesel renewable diesel JV and entering renewable fuel markets.
- Day previously a partner at Ascendant Partners, CEO of Ceres Global Ag Corp., and senior roles at Cargill and ED&F Man.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916540-23-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2023-07-18T23:59:59+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/916540/000091654023000026/0000916540-23-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000026/dar-20230717.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-23-000026
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-23-000026.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-23-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Bullock departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at DARLING INGREDIENTS INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
  source text: John Bullock, the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer 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 effective February 15, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000026/0000916540-23-000026-index.htm

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