Uday Devasper | CFO
Stardust Power, Inc

Mr. Uday Devasper is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Stardust Power. In his role as Chief Financial Officer of Stardust Power, Mr. Devasper is responsible for leading
and developing the finance and accounting function, and assist the Chief Executive Officer in executing strategy, operations, key hires, and financing functions. He is a highly seasoned finance professional, with over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting, and has demonstrated expertise and deep domain knowledge in leading
projects and assisting companies through multiple transactions. Mr. Devasper’s skills include building and managing large teams, operational and technical accounting expertise in key accounting areas such as revenues, mergers and acquisitions, as well as end to end project management for de-SPAC and IPO transactions. Prior to joining Stardust Power, Mr. Devasper was part of the initial founding team as a partner at Effectus Group, LLC, (“Effectus”) a boutique national accounting advisory firm, where he was involved in developing the business, hiring and resource management, as well as leading the nationwide Technology practice (which included the clean energy industry) for all technical accounting and strategic projects, from October 2014 to September 2022. During his time at Effectus, he gained domain, industry and transactional expertise, through the multiple projects he led for companies in the Cleantech and Renewables, as well as Alternative Energy space. Further, during his term at Effectus, Mr. Devasper led multiple de-SPAC/IPO transactions in the clean tech and renewable energy space, including end to end project management and overall reporting assistance. Prior to his term at Effectus, Mr. Devasper served as a Director, Technical Accounting at Echelon Corporation (which has since acquired by Dialog Semiconductor) from July 2012 to August 2014, and as a Senior Manager, Technical Accounting at
Synopsys, Inc., from March 2011 to July 2012, both industry roles. Prior to that, he progressed to his role of Senior Manager, Assurance, in KPMG LLP, which spanned from June 2000 to March 2011, which represents his public accounting background. Mr Devasper is a licensed CPA (inactive) in California, and a licensed Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He earned his Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to undergraduate degree) in Commerce from the Mumbai University in India.