Chris Brown is the head of U.S. Multi-Sector and a portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Division. He is the lead portfolio manager for the US Core Bond, US Investment Grade Core Bond, US Core Plus Bond, and US Total Return Bond Strategies. Chris is a member of the Investment Advisory Committees for the Total Return Fund, Total Return ETF, and New Income Fund. He also is a member of the Investment Advisory Committees for the Short Duration Income Fund, Global Multi-Sector Bond Fund, QM U.S. Bond Index Fund, QM U.S. Bond ETF, GNMA Fund, Dynamic Credit Fund, and Mortgage-Backed Securities Multi-Sector Account Portfolio. He is a member of the Core/Core Plus Portfolio Strategy team and a cochair of the Sector Strategy Advisory Group. Chris is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 

Chris's investment experience began in 2000, and he has been with T. Rowe Price since 2005, beginning as an investment analyst in the Fixed Income Division. After that, he worked as a portfolio investment strategist supporting the Securitized team in the Fixed Income Quantitative department, as an associate portfolio manager on the U.S. Taxable Bond team, and as the head of the Securitized Products team before assuming his current role. Prior to T. Rowe Price, Chris was employed by Riggs Investment Advisors, Inc., as a fixed income analyst and trader. He also was employed by Cambridge Associates LLC as an investment analyst. 

Chris earned a B.A. in economics from Washington & Lee University and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst^® designation. 

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