Matt Lawton is head of Impact Fixed Income and a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Division. He manages the Global Impact Credit Strategy and the Global Impact Short Duration Bond Strategy and co-manages the Emerging Markets Blue Economy Bond Strategy. He is a member of the Investment Advisory Committees for the Corporate Income, New Income, Ultra Short-Term Bond, and Short-Term Bond Funds. He also is a member of the ESG Committee. Matt is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Matt's investment experience began in 2005, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2011, beginning as an investment-grade corporate credit analyst in the Fixed Income Division. Prior to joining the firm, he was an M.B.A. intern with T. Rowe Price and an associate at The Carlyle Group in Washington, D.C. He also worked as an associate in the investment banking division of Barclays Capital in New York.

Matt earned a B.S. in finance from Boston College and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst^® designation.  

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