Michael Connelly is a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Division, co-managing the Global High Income Bond Strategy.  He also contributes to the U.S. Core, U.S. Core Plus, and Global Multi-Sector Bond Strategies. He is a cochairman of the Investment Advisory Committee for the Global High Income Bond Fund and a member of the Sector Strategy Advisory Group. Michael is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

Michael’s investment experience began in 1999, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2005, beginning in the Fixed Income Division as a high yield credit analyst. 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, Wisconsin.

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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