Matt Lawton is a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Division. He manages the Global Impact Credit Strategy and co-manages the US Investment Grade Corporate Bond Strategy. Matt is a vice president and member of the Investment Advisory Committees for the Corporate Income, New Income, and Ultra Short-Term Bond Funds, and he is a vice president of the Short-Term Bond Fund. He also is a member of the Fixed Income ESG Steering & Advisory, and the ESG Committees. 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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