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Axiom GRC Accelerates North American Expansion Via Acquisition of MHM

Rebecca Johnson

Axiom GRC is delighted to welcome Canadian-based GRC assurance firm, MHM.

Today, Axiom is delighted to announce the acquisition of MHM – enhancing our ability to deliver integrated compliance, assurance, and advisory solutions to clients across North  America and globally.  

MHM, based in Calgary and founded in 2020, specialises in cybersecurity audit framework solutions, including, SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO270001, ISO42001, delivering high-quality assurance services to SME and mid-market clients across North America.   

The acquisition marks Axiom GRC’s entry into Canada and builds on its continued North American expansion following the acquisitions of IS Partners in 2025 and AssurancePoint in January 2026. As part of the transaction, MHM will work in tandem with IS Partners, expanding Axiom’s North American presence, adding an established Canadian assurance client base, and strengthening the firm’s capabilities across SOC reporting, ISO certifications, cybersecurity risk, and compliance framework expertise in global markets.

Axiom operates a multidiscipline compliance and risk platform – spanning health & safety, HR compliance, environmental risk, cybersecurity, assurance, enterprise risk, eLearning, and supply chain compliance – pairing compliance technology with specialist advisory services.

MHM is Axiom’s seventh acquisition since being backed by Inflexion, scale to serve ~30,000 clients globally.   

Alex Dacre, CEO of Axiom GRC, said:

MHM provides meaningful scale to Axiom’s North American presence in the GRC assurance market and creates real opportunity to accelerate growth across Canada and wider North America market. With MHM comes an experienced and engaged team of specialists, enabling us to continue building out the leading North American GRC assurance platform.

Mark Mandel, Founding Principal of MHM, added:

Becoming part of Axiom GRC and joining the IS Partners’ team gives us the opportunity to expand the services we can offer our customers and broaden our reach into global markets. We were attracted to Axiom GRC because of our shared values, with quality and expertise at the core of everything we do, and with Axiom’s support, we’re confident in the value we can continue to deliver to our clients in this next chapter.

Across Axiom GRC’s platform, clients benefit from the calibre and expertise of more than 1,500 highly qualified professionals. Their deep industry knowledge is unmatched, reflected in market-leading client success rates and 90%+ retention levels.

Axiom clients include large businesses like Walmart, Sony, L’Oreal,Bentley, and Shell Energy, public sector bodies including NHS England, and thousands of SMEs across all sectors.