ICI Global Leadership

Robert Higginbotham is the head of global investment services (GIS) at T. Rowe Price. He is responsible for institutional distribution globally, as well as distribution via financial intermediaries in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), and the Asia-Pacific region. GIS is one of two key distribution channels at T. Rowe Price. Higginbotham also serves as a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. and a director of T. Rowe Price International Ltd.

Before joining the firm, he was CEO for EMEA and Latin America at Fidelity Worldwide Investment. Prior to that, Higginbotham served in a variety of leadership roles at Schroder Investment Management.

Higginbotham earned a BA with honours in geography from the University of Sheffield and a master’s degree in business from the Imperial College London. He is a board member of the Investment Management Association and vice chair of the Forum for European Asset Management.