PM Anutin Meets BofA, Microsoft and PIMCO to Draw Global Partners in Building the Future Economy

Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul held talks with senior executives of three leading US financial institutions and funds, namely Bank of America, Microsoft and PIMCO, on the 29th floor of the Bank of America Tower in New York on 22 September 2026 at 1.45pm local time, which is 11 hours behind Thailand. Government spokesman Ekapop Pienpiset revealed that the US institutional investors agreed to be long-term partners of Thailand rather than merely bringing in money to invest, and will focus on future technology and sustainability. The chairman of Bank of America's international business praised the Thai government's policies as being in line with global development trends, including the promotion of AI, digital technology and the transition to clean energy, and said he would travel to Thailand to attend the annual meetings of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Thailand next month. In the talks with Microsoft executives, the two sides exchanged approaches to expanding cooperation in digital, artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, human resource skills development and cybersecurity to support Thailand's goal of becoming the region's digital economy and AI hub, with the Prime Minister thanking Microsoft for supporting Thailand's process of joining the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD. The talks with PIMCO executives involved an exchange of views on the global economic and financial situation, capital movement trends and the factors that global institutional investors use in making investment decisions.

Anutin Charnvirakul, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, met and posed for photos with Ms. Lisa Monaco, President of Microsoft Global Affairs at Microsoft Corporation, at Bank of America ahead of a roadshow meeting with 25 investors. The atmosphere was cordial. Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975, is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, in the United States, and is listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker MSFT. In fiscal year 2026, which ends on June 30, 2026, Microsoft reported total revenue of 331.8 billion US dollars, up 18% from the previous year, and operating profit of 155.2 billion US dollars, while the company significantly increased investment in buildings and equipment to accelerate the expansion of cloud and AI infrastructure worldwide. In Thailand, Microsoft began building a strategic partnership with the Thai government with the signing of a memorandum of understanding in November 2023, and later, on March 31, 2026, the company announced plans to invest more than 1 billion US dollars during 2026 to 2028 to develop cloud and AI infrastructure as well as related operations in Thailand. Microsoft's main business groups consist of three segments: the Productivity and Business Processes segment, which provides Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams, Dynamics 365 and LinkedIn; the Intelligent Cloud segment, which provides Microsoft Azure, server products, Azure AI and enterprise services, and is the segment growing at 30%; and the More Personal Computing segment, which provides Windows, Surface devices, gaming and Xbox services, as well as search and advertising services.