Win Phromphaet is head of global and real estate investments with the Social Security Office of Thailand, which had total assets of 883,424 million baht (US$29 billion), as of 31 December 2011. Of that amount, approximately US$200 million is invested in real estate. Phromphaet recently spoke with Alex Eidlin, managing director – Asia Pacific, with Institutional Real Estate, Inc., about his organization’s real estate program and plan to start investing in property globally.