Managing Partner · Dubai
Mansour Nazhaev is a Danish national based in Dubai. He founded Ophir Gate Trading and leads its commercial and counterparty decisions.
He completed a BSc in Economics and Business Administration in 2020 and an MSc in Accounting and Finance in 2022 at the University of Southern Denmark. His earlier operational experience includes a division manager role at Salling Group and running a restaurant business he founded and owned, with profit-and-loss responsibility.
Since 2022 he has worked in Dubai on real-asset transactions at Kotto Capital and AQUA Properties, with work covering market analysis, valuation and price forecasting. He has held a Dubai Land Department broker licence since 2023 in real estate. This is not presented as an energy credential.
He does not claim an energy-trading track record. His published background is financial discipline, operational responsibility and commercial and transaction experience in Dubai’s market.
Record
Education and background.
- Role
- Managing Partner, OPHIR GATE TRADING - FZCO, Dubai
- Nationality
- Danish, resident in Dubai
- Education
- MSc, Economics and Business Administration (Accounting and Finance), University of Southern Denmark, 2022
BSc, Economics and Business Administration, University of Southern Denmark, 2020
Diploma studies, Architectural Technology and Construction Management, University College Lillebaelt
Study-abroad programme, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, 2012 - Professional background
- Senior Property Investment Consultant, AQUA Properties, Dubai, 2024–2026
Property Investment Consultant, Kotto Capital, Dubai, 2022–2024
Financial Consultant, Konsulting v/Christian Eckert, Denmark, 2021–2022
Founder and owner, restaurant business, Denmark, 2015–2019
Division Manager, Salling Group, Denmark, 2013–2015; Employee of the Year, 2014 - Languages
- English, Danish, German, Russian, Chechen
Responsibility
One accountable principal.
Counterparty acceptance.
Every counterparty file is reviewed and accepted or refused by the Managing Partner.
Commercial terms.
Price, specification, delivery basis and payment terms are agreed by the person authorised to commit the firm.
Compliance sign-off.
Screening outcomes, cargo-origin evidence and payment-detail verification are signed off before a transaction proceeds.