Tenzin Jamtsho, third son of late Karma Tobden, is Chief of Food Services and Culinary Presentations at the resort. Tenzin is a graduate of the internationally acclaimed Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute. He currently works in the Australian food and culinary industry and manages a top end restaurant and will be resuming his F&B leadership at the resort when he returns.

Ama, or Ashi, is the Matriarch of Bhutan Mountain Resort. She guides the next generation of the resort’s owners with her gentle hand and still heads up the kitchen and back-of-house services. She is still the first up and the last to close for the night. She is the moving light and spirit behind the Bhutan Mountain Resort and is beloved to all who know her. 

Ama (Ashi), Founder

Bhutan Mountain Resort was founded by our late father, the well-known Bumthang Engineer, Entrepreneur and Community Leader, Karma Tobden. Besides the resort our late father began and was responsible for a number of socially progressive endeavors in our home region of Tang Valley in Central Bhutan and manufacturing the famous Bukhari iron wood-burning stoves of Bhutan, popular all across the country. Even though the main buildings were completed by the children after his passing, our father’s vision is what gave birth to this place we call home.

Ugyen Phuntsho is the eldest son of late Karma Tobden. While he primarily runs and manages the family’s Bukhari plant in Jakar, he is also responsible for stepping in as needed at the resort in various advisory capacities as logistics manager, construction management and expansion and renovations at the resort.

Tenzin Norbu, formerly the baby of the family, graduated from the Jakar High School at the top of his class and is currently attending medical school in Sri Lanka, and working toward his childhood goal of becoming specialized physician.

Thinley Namgyel, the second eldest son of late Karma Tobden, responsible for the expansion of facilities at the resort was for many years the democratically elected National Assembly Member from the Tang Valley. Today, besides his other business endeavours, Thinley guides and oversees facilities maintenance, construction and expansion at the resort.

Thinley Namgyel Tobden, Resort Facilities Management & Expansion