Elena Clark
About Elena Clark
Elena Clark is an Employee Relations Counselor at Chevron in Houston, Texas, with over 20 years of HR experience in the Oil & Gas and financial services sectors.
Current Role at Chevron
Elena Clark currently serves as an Employee Relations Counselor at Chevron in Houston, Texas, United States. In this role, she provides expert guidance on complex disciplinary and immigration cases to business managers. Additionally, she leverages her extensive background in HR to support the company’s operations.
Previous Roles at Chevron
Before her current position, Elena Clark held several key roles at Chevron. From 2018 to 2021, she was an HR Innovation Process Architect, where she led the design and implementation of global HR processes tailored to local needs. Prior to that, from 2006 to 2018, she worked as a Senior HR Business Partner, contributing to the company's HR strategy for over a decade.
Experience in the Oil & Gas Industry
With over 20 years of experience in multinational Oil & Gas and financial services organizations, Elena Clark has developed a robust expertise in project and change management, process re-design, employee relations, and compensation. Her proficiency in using systems like Workday (cloud) and SAP has been instrumental in her various roles. She also holds a SPHR certification, emphasizing her specialized knowledge in HR.
Educational Background
Elena Clark holds an MBA from the Kazakh Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Planning, where she studied from 1996 to 1998. Prior to that, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Linguistics from the Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages, studying from 1992 to 1996.
Early Career and International Exposure
Elena Clark began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as an HR Advisor, working there from 1998 to 2002. She then moved to Karachaganak Petroleum Operating, serving as a Compensation & Benefits Coordinator from 2002 to 2004. These roles provided her with early exposure to international HR practices and laid the foundation for her future career in the Oil & Gas industry.