Thomas Watson is a director of Equity Research, North America. He is co-chair of the Equity Research Advisory Committee and a member of the Equity Steering Committee.

In addition, Mr. Watson is co-portfolio manager of the US Structured Research Equity Strategy and is a member of the portfolio oversight team.

He is also a member of the Investment Advisory Committees of the Global Technology, New America Growth, and Science & Technology Funds. He is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 

Mr. Watson has 12 years of investment experience, all with T. Rowe Price. Prior to joining the firm in 2007, he was employed as a strategy analyst for Forrester Research.

Mr. Watson earned a B.A. in economics and English literature from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.