Management

Mr. Sharps has been a director of Price Group since January 2022. He is the chief executive officer and president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. and chair of the company’s Executive, Management, and Management Compensation and Development Committees. Mr. Sharps has been with T. Rowe Price since 1997, beginning as an analyst specializing in financial services stocks, including banks, asset managers, and securities brokers, in the U.S. Equity Division. He was the lead portfolio manager of the Institutional Large-Cap Growth Equity Strategy from 2001 to 2016. In 2016, Mr. Sharps stepped down from portfolio management to assume an investment leadership position as co-head of Global Equity, at which time he joined the Management Committee. He was named head of Investments and group chief investment officer from 2017 to 2021. In February 2021, Mr. Sharps became president of Price Group and then chief executive officer in January 2022. Prior to T. Rowe Price, he completed an internship as an equity research analyst at Wellington Management. Mr. Sharps was also employed by KPMG Peat Marwick as a senior management consultant, where he focused on corporate transactions, before leaving to pursue his M.B.A. in 1995.

Mr. Sharps earned a B.S., summa cum laude, in accounting from Towson University and an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

Mr. Sharps currently serves on the Board of the Baltimore Curriculum Project. He previously served on the St. Paul's School Board of Trustees and was chair of the Investment Committee from July 2015 to June 2020. He also spent six years on Towson University's College of Business and Economics Alumni Advisory Board.

Mr. August has been an employee, a vice president, and a director of Price Group since 2021. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. (OHA), an alternative investment firm specializing in performing and distressed credit investments, which was acquired by, and operates as a standalone business within, T. Rowe Price. Mr. August is a member of the Management Committee. Prior to founding OHA in 1990 and cofounding its predecessor investment firm in 1987, Mr. August worked at Morgan Stanley in New York and London.

Mr. August earned a B.S. in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

Mr. August is a member of the board of directors of Lucid Group, Inc., where he serves on the audit and nominating/governance committees, as well as a member of the board of directors for MultiPlan, Inc., where he serves on the nominating/corporate governance committee. He is a member of the board of trustees of Horace Mann School, where he cochairs the investment committee; he is a member of the board of trustees of The Mount Sinai Medical Center; and he is a member of the board of directors of Partnership for New York City and the 92nd Street Y, where he serves on the executive, finance, and nominating/governance committees. Mr. August previously served on the board of directors for Cooper Standard Automotive Board and a number of corporate boards.

Jen Dardis is the chief financial officer and treasurer of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., the treasurer of T. Rowe Price Investment Management, and a member of the firm's Management Committee. Her responsibilities include global oversight for the Controller’s Group, Global Tax, Procurement, Global Product, Corporate Strategy, Financial Planning & Analysis, and Investor Relations.

Jen has been with T. Rowe Price since 2006, beginning in the CFO Group in a corporate strategy role, and became the head of Corporate Strategy in 2016. Most recently, she was the head of Finance. Before joining T. Rowe Price, Jen held positions at Constellation Energy in investor relations, at Energy Merchant in finance and business development, and at SG Cowen in mergers and acquisitions.

Jen earned a B.A. in economics from the College of William & Mary and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia, Darden School of Business. She serves on the Gilman School's Board of Trustees and is the former chair of the Maryland Food Bank's Board of Directors.

Arif Husain is the head of Global Fixed Income and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of the Fixed Income Division. He is Chairman of the Fixed Income Steering Committee and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Arif is lead portfolio manager for the Global Government Bond High Quality Strategy and is a vice president of T.Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International Ltd.

Arif’s investment experience began in 1995, and he has been with T.Rowe Price since 2013. Prior to this, Arif was employed by AllianceBernstein in the area of European fixed income and euro portfolio management. He also was a member of the global fixed income and absolute return portfolio management teams. Arif also was employed by Greenwich NatWest as an assistant director of European Derivatives Trading and by the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association.

Arif earned a B.Sc. (honors) in banking and international finance from the City University London, Cass Business School. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

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Steph Jackson is the head of T. Rowe Price Investment Management. He is a member of the Management Committee and a member of the Black Leadership Council, and is the Executive Sponsor of Moonshot, a T. Rowe Price Foundation sponsored program supporting for-profit and non-profit entrepreneurs of color. He is the chair of the T. Rowe Price Investment Management (TRPIM) Investment Steering Committee, a member of the Investment Management Committee, TRPIM ESG and Product Strategy Committees. Steph also is the president of T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.

Steph's investment experience began in 1986, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2007, beginning as a portfolio specialist, supporting several U.S. small-cap and mid-cap strategies, in the T. Rowe Price Associates U.S. Equity Division. After that, he was a director of Equity Research, leading the U.S. Associate Analyst team and the European Equity Research team in London. Most recently, Steph was the associate head of the U.S. Equity Division. Steph is a former member of the Equity Steering, International Steering, Equity Research, and Risk Management Oversight Committees. He also is the former chair of MOSAIC, a business resource group that identifies issues and opportunities relevant to talent, business practices, and culture in support of the firm's diversity and inclusion. Prior to T. Rowe Price, he was a senior portfolio manager and a managing director with Brown Capital Management, where he managed mid-cap and large-cap growth portfolios. Prior to that, he was a growth portfolio manager and director of equity research with NCM Capital Management.

Steph earned a B.S. in business administration from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar, and an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School. Steph also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Steph serves on the UNC Management Company UNC Endowment Board of Directors. He is a former member of the Investment Committee of the France-Merrick Foundation, a former executive Board member of the Baltimore Community Foundation, and a former Board member of the Abell Foundation. He also was the chairman of the Investment Committee of the Gilman School and a member of the Advisory Board of Bridges.

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Kimberly Johnson is the chief operating officer. She is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. and member of the Management Committee and Product Strategy Committee, as well as chair of the Risk and Operational Steering Committee.

Kimberly’s experience began in 1995 and she has been with T. Rowe Price since 2022. As COO, she leads Technology Business Solutions, Technology Services, Global Investment Operations, Global Client Account Services, Enterprise Change Office, Corporate Real Estate & Workplace Services, Enterprise Risk, and the regional operating teams. Prior to this, Kimberly was executive vice president and chief operating officer at Fannie Mae. In this role, she was responsible for technology, operations, data, modeling, analytics, information security, resiliency, innovation, and corporate strategy.

Kimberly earned a B.A. in economics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University. She serves as a Board member for Eli Lilly and several nonprofits.

Scott Keller oversees the Americas and Asia-Pacific (APAC) Distribution businesses, alongside leading the EMEA Distribution, Global Financial Intermediary, and Global Consultant Relations businesses. He is a member of the Management and Global Distribution Executive Committees. Scott is the chairperson of the Board of Directors of T. Rowe Price UK Ltd. and the chairperson of the Boards of T. Rowe Price (Lux) Management Company and its funds. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

Scott's investment experience began in 1997, and he joined T. Rowe Price in 2014 as the head of APAC Distribution. Prior to that, he served in a variety of leadership positions at UBS in both Europe and Asia, which included head of PanAsia, deputy head of Key Account Management EMEA, and chief financial officer EMEA at UBS Global Asset Management. While at UBS Wealth Management APAC, Scott was the head of Investment Consulting for Hong Kong and Singapore. For UBS Group in Switzerland, he also held roles in Investor Relations and Group Strategic Analysis (Mergers and Acquisitions).

Scott earned a B.S. in international area studies from Drexel University, an M.A. in German and European studies from Georgetown University, and an M.A. in political science from Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Scott also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations.

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Josh Nelson is the head of U.S. Equity, chair of the Equity Steering Committee, and a member of the Management Committee. In addition, he is a member of the Investment Management Steering Committee (IMSC), Product Steering Committee, and Research Governance Oversight Committee. Josh is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company.
Josh’s investment experience began in 2000, working in investment banking at Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. He has been with T. Rowe Price since 2007, beginning in the U.S. Equity Division as an investment analyst covering business services and education. Subsequently, he became the associate portfolio manager on the Global Focused Growth Strategy in 2010. He became director of equity research for North America in 2019 and associate head of U.S. Equity in 2021. Josh earned a B.S., with honors, in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Florida and an M.B.A., with honors, in finance from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School.

David Oestreicher is the chief legal counsel for T. Rowe Price and is a member of the firm’s management committee. David serves as a member of the ICI Mutual Insurance Company Board of Governors, a member of the Executive Committee and chairman of its Risk Management Committee. He also serves on the Board of the Investment Adviser Association and is a past chairman of its Legal and Regulatory Committee. In addition, he is a past chairman of the International Committee of the Investment Company Institute.  

Prior to becoming chief legal counsel, David's main areas of practice were U.S. and international investment adviser regulation, global compliance, and non-U.S. fund regulation. Before joining T. Rowe Price in 1997, he was special counsel in the Division of Market Regulation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to that, he was a judicial law clerk with the Superior Court of Connecticut. David earned a B.S. in business administration from Bucknell University and a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.

Sébastien Page is head of Global Multi-Asset at T. Rowe Price, overseeing a team of investment professionals dedicated to a broad set of multi-asset portfolios. He is a member of the Asset Allocation Committee, which is responsible for tactical investment decisions across asset allocation portfolios. He is also a member of the Management Committee of T. Rowe Price Group.

Prior to joining the firm in 2015, Mr. Page was an executive vice president at PIMCO, where he led a team focused on research and development of multi-asset solutions. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2010, he was a senior managing director at State Street Global Markets. 

Mr. Page won research paper awards from the Journal of Portfolio Management in 2003, 2010, and 2011 and from the Financial Analyst Journal in 2010 and 2014. He is the coauthor of the book "Factor Investing and Asset Allocation" (CFA Institute Research Foundation, 2016) and a member of the editorial board of the Financial Analysts Journal. He earned a master of science degree in finance and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Sherbrooke University in Quebec, Canada. Mr. Page has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Dee Sawyer is the Head of Global Distribution, a role she assumed in January 2024. She is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., is a member of the firm's Management Committee, is co-chair of the Investment Management Steering Committee, and serves on the Product Steering Committee. Dee is also the Executive Champion of MOSAIC, the firm’s business resource group focused on ethnically diverse associates.

She joined T. Rowe Price in 2011, beginning as a leader on the Individual Investors (II) marketing team. After that, she assumed leadership of the II channel from 2013 until the end of 2015. After a year as head of Corporate Marketing & Communications, realigning the function's capabilities, she joined Human Resources in January 2017 overseeing Human Resources for Global Distribution and Product. Dee was promoted to head of Human Resources in February 2018 and joined the firm’s Management Committee. In May 2019, Dee returned to Global Distribution and became head of II and Retirement Plan Services (RPS), overseeing the firm’s platform businesses. From January 2022 through December 2023, Dee led two distribution channels as the head of U.S.

Intermediaries and RPS. Dee’s investment experience began in 1993. Prior to T. Rowe Price, Dee was a director of Global Wealth and Investment Management in Retirement Services at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. Prior to that, she held a variety of senior leadership roles with Fidelity Investments, in several functions within the Personal and Workplace Investing unit. Dee began her financial services career at Fifth Third Bank as a fixed income portfolio manager in the Trust and Investment Services Division.

Dee earned a B.A. in economics from Denison University. She also is a Series 7, 24, 53, 63, and 66 registered representative.

Michelle Swanenburg is the head of Human Resources and is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. She is a member of the firm's Management Committee and serves on the Risk and Operational Steering Committee and the Management Compensation Committee. She is also a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Operating Council (DIOC). Prior to rejoining T. Rowe Price, Inc. in December 2019, Michelle spent 4 years as the head of Human Resources at Oaktree Capital Management where she significantly enhanced the HR function, built a diversity and inclusion program, and managed the engagement of employees through talent development programs. She was a member of Oaktree’s management committee and senior leadership council. Michelle spent the previous 18 years at T. Rowe Price, Inc. in various HR leadership roles. Prior to her departure, she was head of Business Partners for 10 of those years, leading the team in supporting succession planning, talent acquisition, performance management, and compensation across the enterprise. She completed an assignment during that time working in London building the HR team abroad. Michelle received a master’s degree in human resources development as well as a bachelor’s degree from Towson University.

Justin Thomson is the head of International Equity and a co-head of Global Equity. Justin is a member of the Management Committee, the chairman of the International Equity Steering Committee, and a member of the Asset Allocation and Environmental, Social, and Governance Committees. He also is the chief investment officer for International Equities. Justin is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International Ltd.

Justin’s investment experience began in 1991, and he has been with the T. Rowe Price since 1998. From 1998 to 2020, he was the lead portfolio manager for the International Small-Cap Strategy. In 2008, he incepted the European Small-Cap Strategy and ran that until 2016. Prior to joining the firm, Justin was employed by G.T. Capital/LGT/Invesco as a portfolio manager.

Justin earned an M.A. in economics from Cambridge University.

Eric Veiel is Head of Global Investments and Chief Investment Officer, chair of the Investment Management Steering Committee, member of the Management Committee, the Equity Steering Committee, the Fixed Income Steering Committee, the International Steering Committee, the Multi-Asset Steering Committee, Product Steering Committee and Management Compensation and Development Committee. Eric is also a member of the board of the T. Rowe Price Mutual Funds.

Eric’s investment experience began in 1999, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2005, beginning in the Equity Division as an investment analyst covering life insurance companies, asset managers, money-centered banks, and investment banks. From 2010 to 2014, he was the portfolio manager of the Financial Services Equity Strategy and the financial services sector team leader. After that, he was a co-director of Equity Research for North America and co-portfolio manager of the US Equity Structured Research Strategy. He was then head of U.S. Equity and co-head of Global Equity. Most recently Eric was head of Global Equity. Prior to T. Rowe Price, he spent six years as a sell-side equity analyst, covering health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers at Wachovia Securities, Deutsche Bank Securities, and A.G. Edwards & Sons.

Eric earned a B.B.A., magna cum laude, in finance from James Madison University and an M.B.A., with concentrations in finance and accounting, from Washington University in St. Louis, John M. Olin School of Business, where he was a Charles F. Knight Scholar. Eric also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.