Brandon Lairmore

Expertise

Brandon Lairmore has served as Executive Vice President – U.S. Rendering Operations since July 2023. Brandon joined Darling Ingredients in 2016 and served as Senior Vice President - North Central Region from 2018 to 2023 and Regional Vice President - Great Lakes Region from 2016 to 2018. Brandon’s career in the rendering industry began in 1999 at Tyson Foods, where he worked for more than a decade in numerous operational leadership roles. From 2010 to 2011, Brandon worked as a Plant Manager at Protein Products. In 2011, he joined Pilgrim’s as General Manager of the Mount Pleasant, Texas, Protein Conversion Facility until 2013 when he assumed the role of Pilgrim’s Director of Protein Conversion Business Unit until 2016. Brandon holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural, food and life sciences from the University of Arkansas and a master’s degree in business administration from William Woods University.