Sean Lightbown

Sean lightbown

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Assistant Vice President, Senior Writer, Investment Editorial at T Rowe Price UK

  • Education

    • University of bath

      2006 - 2010
      Politics with economics politics, economics

      Activities and Societies: University newspaper (Bath Impact), MoLES football

  • Experience

    • House of commons

      Jan 2008 - Jan 2009
      Researcher
    • Pma media training

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2010
      Postgrad
    • Overseas property professional

      Jun 2011 - Jun 2012
      International property reporter

      Duties included news and feature writing, proof-reading, sub-editing, online writing and social media management for monthly magazines published in both English and simplified Mandarin. Content is focused on international residential property.On top of this news stories are produced daily for the website, as well as a weekly newsletter

    • Mergermarket

      Jun 2012 - Feb 2017

      In this role I transferred to Mergermarket's New York office to oversee the editorial side of Remark's American publishing business. As well as working with clients to develop and realise content ideas, I also wrote and edited several of the reports published, with topics ranging from distressed debt to private equity co-investments. On top of this, I also helped formulate agenda topics and questions for the events branch of Remark with my colleagues.Further, I continued to work on EY's flagship Transaction Advisory Services magazine, Capital Insights, from my role in the US. This included flying to California to interview Yahoo! CFO Ken Goldman for a cover feature. Show less

      • Editor

        Jun 2016 - Feb 2017
      • Editor - Americas

        Jan 2015 - Jun 2016
      • Deputy Editor

        Jan 2014 - Jan 2015
      • Assistant Editor

        Jun 2012 - Jan 2014
    • Pitchbook data

      Feb 2017 - Feb 2019
      Financial writer

      As part of PitchBook Data's editorial team, I help to curate, write and edit the daily European newsletter, covering VC, PE and M&A activity across the continent. As well as writing daily briefs, duties include producing data-driven feature content, uploading stories using CMS and creating datagraphics and charts for stories. Check out https://pitchbook.com/news for a look at our features content.

    • T. rowe price uk

      Feb 2019 - May 2022
      Investment writer

      As part of the Enterprise Investment Editorial team I work with investment professionals and other associates to produce regular and informative performance commentary for a range of T. Rowe Price's sovereign, aggregate and investment-grade fixed income strategies. In addition, I also look after reporting on the firm's newly launched Global Impact Credit strategy.In addition, I also work with portfolio managers and specialists to create timely and engaging thought leadership pieces on a number of topics, helping to amplify the firm's views. Recent topics have included fallen angels, green bonds and impacting investing in public debt markets. Show less

    • Moonfare

      May 2022 - Jan 2024
      Content manager
    • Fitch ratings

      Jan 2024 - Sept 2024
      Editor
    • T. rowe price uk

      Sept 2024 - now
      Senior writer investment editorial
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Esg fundamentals certificate

      Fitch ratings
      Aug 2021