Michael Connelly is a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Division, co-managing the Global High Income Bond Strategy. He also contributes to the US Core, US Core Plus, and Global Multi-Sector Bond Strategies. He is a member of the Investment Advisory Committees of the International Funds, Inc., Short-Term Bond Fund, Global Multi-Sector Bond Fund, High Yield Fund, Floating Rate Fund, and Institutional Income Funds, Inc. Michael also is a member of the Sector Strategy Advisory Group. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Michael’s investment experience began in 1999, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2005, beginning as a high yield credit analyst in the Fixed Income Division. After that, he became an associate portfolio manager. Prior to this, Michael was an equity research analyst for Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., in Milwaukee.

Michael earned a B.B.A. in finance and marketing from Marquette University and an M.S. in finance from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Michael also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst^® designation.

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