Peter Botoucharov is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. and T. Rowe Price International Ltd and is an emerging market credit analyst in the Fixed Income Division. Prior to joining the firm in 2012, he was director of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) macroeconomic research and strategy at Standard Bank in London. Peter also held positions with Commerzbank Securities in London, the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. and the Bulgarian National Bank in Sofia, Bulgaria. He earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Sofia, Bulgaria, and an M.A. in economics from CORIPE Piemonte, University of Turin, Italy. Peter is a Ph.D. candidate from George Mason University.