Mercato Partners Acquisition Corporation appointed Mr. Henriksen to serve on the Board as a director. Mr. Henriksen has been determined by the Board to be an independent director under the listing rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. Mr. Henriksen has also been appointed to the Audit Committee of the Board.

Mr. Henriksen, 65, has served as the outsourced CFO of numerous businesses, including multiple in the medical products and services industries, and has served as the Acting CFO for several high growth companies in the wholesale, retail, technology and medical space. From January 2005 to December 2020, Mr. Henriksen served as a partner in the firm Ampleo (formerly Advanced CFO), a company providing fractional business professional services to small and midsized companies servicing a variety of industries. Mr. Henriksen graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Accounting and later received his MBA from the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business.

A licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Utah (inactive), Mr. Henriksen has taught finance and accounting at Brigham Young University and the University of Utah for over 30 years.