Darren Thomas

Representative of the Economic Development Board

Darren Thomas is the CEO of T&R Pastoral (Privately held company).

T&R purchased its first processing plant at Murray Bridge in 1999.

T&R Pastoral is Australia’s largest sole family owned business and was recently listed No. 11 in the In-Business’ Top 100 company list based on revenue.

Turning over more than $800 million dollars a year, the company provides jobs for more than 1,500 people at its Murray Bridge and Lobethal sites, with the capacity to process 13,500 mutton and lambs a day and 1,000 cattle a day.

The company supplies upwards of 75 countries from Russia to North America, the Middle East and Europe with a wide range of chilled beef, lamb and mutton products. It also is a global supplier of meat co-products such as offal, hides, skins and blood meal.