John Lawson , CFA

John Lawson is an institutional client service executive for the Americas division of T. Rowe Price, the organization responsible for the firm's institutional business in North America. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., and T. Rowe Price (Canada), Inc.

John's industry experience began in 1997, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2009, all with the Americas division. Prior to his current role, John served as the head of the Institutional Internal Sales and Service team, as an associate head of Client Service, and as an institutional client service executive. Before joining T. Rowe Price, John was employed by Legg Mason Capital Management as a client portfolio manager. John also was employed by Mesirow Financial as an equity research associate and by Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown as an investment banking analyst.

John earned a B.A. in economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst^® (CFA) designation and is a Series 6, 7, 24, and 63 registered representative. In addition, John served for nine years on the Board of Directors of the Baltimore CFA Society.

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