Tess Helvenston

Tess Helvenston is the Manager of West Coast Pricing and Supply for US Marketing at Phillips 66, overseeing a team that manages customer demand and daily pricing strategy and execution.

After graduating from Rice University with a bachelor’s degree in economics, Tess began her career at ConocoPhillips in its Commercial New Hire Development Program. She joined Phillips 66 when it spun from ConocoPhillips in 2012. After several Commercial roles in refined products where she scheduled pipelines, barges, and ships, Tess worked as an analyst in the Office of the Chief Economist. She then moved to London to work in European Optimization, where she was part of a team that identified and executed optimization opportunities between Phillips 66’s European refineries, fuels marketing, and trading. Upon returning to Houston, Tess joined Corporate Business Development as a senior associate, where she analyzed M&A opportunities, before taking on her current role.

Tess lives in Houston with her husband and two young children.