Natacha Buchanan

Natacha Buchanan is director, Inclusion & Diversity for Phillips 66, a diversified energy manufacturing and logistics company. She manages and executes the global I&D strategy and supports the business units in their I&D strategy implementation. Buchanan has more than 18 years of experience in various finance and accounting roles in the oil and gas industry.

Prior to her current role, Buchanan served as LRP coordinator, Controllers. In that position, she managed the Phillips 66 Capital Plan and served as the capital liaison between Phillips 66 management and the various business units.

Buchanan joined Phillips 66 as supervisor, Crude and Products Derivatives in May 2012. Previously, she was in the same role for ConocoPhillips since 2010. From 2008 to 2010, she served as staff supervisor for the Marketing Financial Services organization. Prior to that, she held various financial analyst positions within Downstream Financial Services, including an internship with Conoco.

Throughout her career, Buchanan has remained actively involved in diversity initiatives and university recruiting. She is the lead Phillips 66 Finance recruiter for Kansas State University.

She serves on the Finance Advisory Board and College of Business Diversity Advisory Council for Kansas State University.

Originally from Junction City, Kansas, Buchanan earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Kansas State University in 2002.