Ian Bottomley Views
Family background may also have had something to do with Bottomley's choice of locale. His mother is Latvian; after World War II, she emigrated first to Germany, then to the United States. Bottomley's grandparents both studied at the Technological Institute in St. Petersburg before returning to Riga.
Bottomley's colleagues and partners praise his quick instincts and mental ability to cultivate business contacts. d"Ian is a talented entrepreneur and manager, and he has exactly the kind of mentality to succeed in a difficult market like Russia,i" said Mike Calvey, the managing director of Barings Vostok Capital Partners who has worked with Bottomley on several investment projects.