Sênachê Consulting
Serving Investment
Fund Managers since 2021
Fund Managers since 2021
Accuracy, Flexibility,
Excellence
What we do
GVRC : Our four functions for serving asset Managers
We assist you facing current and futures challenges
Governance
We thrive for Value creation and avoid value destruction. Within the Collective knowledge of the Board, we oversee the authorised management and the framework by which Investments Funds and/or IFMs are directed and controlled.
Valuation & Performance
For ensuring an independent valuation of assets and a robust performance oversight framework, we review valuation and performance practices, challenge third-party valuers, and ensure appropriate independence and segregation between the Valuation and Portfolio Management functions.
Risk Management
For both liquid and illiquid strategies, we Identify, Measure, Manage, Monitor and Report the financial (market, credit, counterparty, liquidity) and non-financial (operational, cyber, AI and sustainability (incl. physical and transition)) risks.
Compliance & AML/CFT
For ensuring compliance to the regulatory requirements and to the statutory requirements of our clients, we anticipate, identify, assess and mitigate the compliance & AML/CFT risks (reputational, legal, dispute, sanctions, operational).
What we offer
- Independent Non-Executive Director mandates for regulated and non-regulated Investment Funds and Investment Fund Managers;
- Managing Director mandate for GP and/or Investment Fund Managers.
What we offer
- Valuation Conducting Officer mandate;
- Valuation Officer mandate;
- Portfolio Management Function Oversight.
What we offer
- Risk Conducting Officer mandate;
- Risk Management function mandate.
What we offer
- Compliance Conducting Officer mandate;
- Compliance Officer mandate;
- RC mandate.
What we do
GVRC : Our four functions for serving asset Managers
We assist you facing current and futures challenges
Governance
We thrive for Value creation and avoid value destruction risks. For the Collective effectiveness of the Board, we set the strategy and oversee the authorised management and the framework by which Investments Funds and/or IFMs are directed and controlled.
What we offer
- Independent Non-Executive Director mandates for regulated and non-regulated Investment Funds and Investment Fund Managers;
- Managing Director mandate for GP and/or Investment Fund Managers.
Valuation & Performance
For ensuring an independent valuation of assets and a robust performance oversight framework, we draft/review valuation documents, challenge valuation practices and third-party valuers, and ensure appropriate independence and segregation between the Valuation Function and the Portfolio Management Function.
What we offer
- Valuation Conducting Officer mandate;
- Valuation Officer mandate;
- Portfolio Management Function Oversight.
Risk Management
For both liquid and illiquid strategies, we Identify, Measure, Manage, Monitor and Report the financial (market, credit, counterparty, liquidity) and non-financial (operational, cyber, AI and sustainability (incl. physical and transition)) risks.
What we offer
- Risk Conducting Officer mandate;
- Risk Management function mandate.
Compliance & AML/CFT
For ensuring compliance to the regulatory requirements and to the statutory requirements of our clients, we anticipate, identify, assess and mitigate the compliance & AML/CFT risks (reputational, legal, dispute, sanctions, operational).
What we offer
- Compliance Conducting Officer mandate;
- Compliance Officer mandate;
- RC mandate.
Our clients
By contributing to their robustness and performance, we benefit our clients and, ultimately, society.
This is a non-exhaustive list of clients.
Our clients
By contributing to their robustness and performance, we benefit our clients and, ultimately, society.
This is a non-exhaustive list of clients.
Our contribution
Through membership in key associations, we stay connected to industry experts and help raise financial standards.
Our contribution
Through membership in key associations, we stay connected to industry experts and help raise financial standards.
To collaborate is also to contribute.
1% of the first invoice relating to our collaboration will be donated to an association of your choice among the five associations we support.
To collaborate is also to contribute.
1% of the first invoice relating to our collaboration will be donated to an association of your choice among the five associations we support.
Our founder
Daniel Cakpo-Tozo, FRM, GFR, RC
INSEAD IDP-C | ILA Certified Director | Fund Governance Expert
Daniel is an Independent Director and Trusted Advisor with 12+ years of experience in the Luxembourg Fund Industry. He has a deep command of the regulatory landscape and demonstrates key expertise in Valuation & Performance, Risk Management and Compliance & AML/CFT for both liquid and illiquid strategies.
In 2021, he founded Sênachê, which takes on Non-Executive Director mandates and executive mandates (Managing Director and/or Conducting Officer positions) for serving IFMs (AIFM, UCITS, Super ManCo, ManCo+) and the UCITS and Alternative Investment Funds (SCSp, RAIF, SIF, SICAR, Part II UCI, EuVECA, EuSEF, ELTIF) they manage.
Before launching Sênachê Consulting, Daniel worked, inter alia, as Manager at KPMG Luxembourg where he delivered Interim Conducting Officers assignments and a range of Asset Management regulatory consulting assignments (AIFM licence extension, oversight framework set-ups, etc.).
Prior to that, Daniel was a Senior Consultant at PwC Luxembourg where he drafted and reviewed Risk Management Processes & Policies for both UCITS and AIFMs, delivered independent review of VaR models assignments for UCITS, ensure AIFMD reporting for a wide range of authorised AIFMs and give trainings on Market Abuse Directive and Market Abuse Regulation (MAD, MAR & CSMAD).
Daniel is INSEAD IDP-C, ILA Certified Director and Fund Governance Expert. He has obtained different certifications in (i.) Risk Management (FRM, GFR) and in (ii.) Compliance & AML/CFT (RC, M1 & M2, AML). He holds both a Master in Risk Management from HEC Liège and a Research Master in Economics from Economics School of Louvain.
Our founder
Daniel Cakpo-Tozo, FRM, GFR, RC
INSEAD IDP-C | ILA Certified Director | Fund Governance Expert
Daniel is an Independent Director and Trusted Advisor with 12+ years of experience in the Luxembourg Fund Industry. He has a deep command of the regulatory landscape and demonstrates key expertise in Valuation & Performance, Risk Management and Compliance & AML/CFT for both liquid and illiquid strategies.
In 2021, he founded Sênachê, which takes on Non-Executive Director mandates and executive mandates (Managing Director and/or Conducting Officer positions) for serving IFMs (AIFM, UCITS, Super ManCo, ManCo+) and the UCITS and Alternative Investment Funds (SCSp, RAIF, SIF, SICAR, Part II UCI, EuVECA, EuSEF, ELTIF) they manage.
Before launching Sênachê Consulting, Daniel worked, inter alia, as Manager at KPMG Luxembourg where he delivered Interim Conducting Officers assignments and a range of Asset Management regulatory consulting assignments (AIFM licence extension, oversight framework set-ups, etc.).
Prior to that, Daniel was a Senior Consultant at PwC Luxembourg where he drafted and reviewed Risk Management Processes & Policies for both UCITS and AIFMs, delivered independent review of VaR models assignments for UCITS, ensure AIFMD reporting for a wide range of authorised AIFMs and give trainings on Market Abuse Directive and Market Abuse Regulation (MAD, MAR & CSMAD).
Daniel is INSEAD IDP-C, ILA Certified Director and Fund Governance Expert. He has obtained different certifications in (i.) Risk Management (FRM, GFR) and in (ii.) Compliance & AML/CFT (RC, M1 & M2, AML). He holds both a Master in Risk Management from HEC Liège and a Research Master in Economics from Economics School of Louvain.
