Sirapop Taepakdee

Mr. Taepakdee has worked in the fields of accounting and finance for more than 32 years. His diverse experiences are across several industries such as hospitality, car rental, office product retails, manufacturer software, government, attorney office. His strong process improvement has helped many companies in the increase of productivities and the decrease of the costs. He had worked with IT teams to implement the Oracle system at Office Depot during the “Project Simplify” in 2007 – 2009. At Office Depot, he also led the team of accountants and worked with the auditors to do the “Fixed Asset Cost Segregation” project, which saved the company millions. At Vanguard Car Rental USA Inc (Alamo and National Car Rental) after the September 11, 2001 (9/11) event, he involved and worked with the recovery team (appointed by the court) to do due diligence after the company filed for bankruptcy, and the company got out of the bankruptcy in early 2004. During 1997 – 2000, he had served as the Assistant Food & Beverage Cost Controller at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Florida. At the Boca Raton Resort & Club, he led the team to implement the F&B inventory system (two F&B warehouses). Mr. Taepakdee also served as the Chief Financial Officer at the Bangkok Naval Base (Royal Thai Navy) from 1986 to 1996. Taepakdee serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Longroot Limited, a Cayman Islands company, which NextPlay Technologies owns 75% of, through its ownership of Longroot, Inc. He received an MBA (with specialization in Finance) from Ramkhamhaeng University in Bangkok, Thailand and a BBA in Accounting (First Class Honors/Valedictorian) from Krirk University in Bangkok, Thailand.