Lauren Wagandt is a portfolio manager co-managing the US Investment Grade Corporate Bond Strategy in the Fixed Income Division. She is a member of the Investment Advisory Committees of the Corporate Income Fund, Institutional Income Funds, New Income Fund, Short-Term Bond Fund, Total Return Fund, and QM U.S. Bond Index Fund. Lauren is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Lauren’s investment experience began in 2006, and she has been with T. Rowe Price since 2009, beginning in the Fixed Income Division as a corporate credit analyst. Prior to T. Rowe Price, Lauren was employed by hedge fund BlueCrest Capital Management, in New York and London, as a product specialist serving in a marketing and client services role. She also was a high-grade credit research analyst at Credit Suisse in New York.

Lauren earned a B.A. in economics from Cornell University. She also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.

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