Michael Lesesne is a global high yield portfolio specialist in the Fixed Income Division. He supports the High Yield, Floating Rate Bank Loan, and Credit Opportunities Strategies, working closely with clients, prospects, and consultants. Michael is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Michael’s investment experience began in 1991, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2012, beginning as a global high yield portfolio specialist in the Fixed Income Investment Specialists department. Prior to T. Rowe Price, Michael was employed by Lord Abbett as a partner and director of credit research. Before that, Michael was a senior high yield credit analyst at Weiss, Peck & Greer and at TIAA-CREF.

Michael earned a B.A. in business economics from Brown University and an M.B.A. in finance from Columbia Business School.