About Us
Our Mission
FIP’s mission is to promote the practice of the sport of polo worldwide to defend and ensure the spirit of fair play and moral fortitude, with the objective of forming the sporting attitude of gentlemanly behavior during and after the game, on the playing fields and wherever polo players should meet, to form one great world polo family
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Administration
PIERO DILLIER
President | December 2026 – Switzerland
DELFIN URANGA
Vice President | Argentina
WILL LUCAS
Vice President | England
STEWART ARMSTRONG
Vice President | USA
PETER PRENDIVILLE
Vice President | B Members Representative
KARIM LOZA
President | C Members Representative
Executive Committee
JUSTO SAAVEDRA
Argentina – December 2025
RICHARD CALEEL
USA – December 2026
PETER PRENDIVILLE
Australia – December 2026
KARIM LOZA
Egypt – December 2026
Officers
ALEX TAYLOR
CEO | Argentina
ALEXIS GUYNOT DE BOISMENU
Treasurer | Uruguay
Council of Administration
DAWN JONES
USA – 2026
JULIAN MARTINEZ YOUENS
Argentina – 2026
ALEXIS GUYNOT DE BOISMENU
Uruguay – 2025
ALESSANDRO GIACHETTI
Italy – 2025
KARIM LOZA
Egypt – 2025
JOSE MARIA TRENOR
Spain – 2026
BENOIT PERRIER
France – 2026
FRANCOIS BERGER
Guatemala – 2026
RICHARD CALEEL
USA – 2026
WILL LUCAS
England – 2026
Staff
SILVANA RANDO
Executive Assistant
Bodies
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PAST PRESIDENTS AND ETHICS COMMITTEE
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Chairman
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Dr. Richard Caleel
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USA
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Mr. Nicholas Colquhoun-Denvers
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England
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Mr. Horacio Areco
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Argentina
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
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Treasurer
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Alexis Guynot de Boismenu
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Uruguay
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Lionel Sofia
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Chile
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Tommy Rinderknecht
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Switzerland
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RULES COMMITTEE
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Marcos Aldao
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Argentina
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David Woodd
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England
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Chris Green
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USA
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WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL POLO COMMITTEE
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Dawn Jones
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USA
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Nina Clarkin
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England
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Veronica Magnasco
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Argentina
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Ploy Bhinsaeng
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Thailand
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YOUTH & CHILDREN POLO COMMITTEE
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Sebastian Pistone
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Argentina
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Miguel Viganó
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Argentina
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Javier Uranga
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Argentina
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Hayley Heatley
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USA
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Todd Thurston
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USA
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Oliver Hughes
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England
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Thomas Winter
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Germany
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Jorge Raul Molina
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Guatemala
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MARKETING COMMITTEE
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Pierre Genecand
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Switzerland
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Alessandro Giachetti
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Italy
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Dawn Jones
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USA
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AMBASSADORS CUP COMMITTEE
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Chairman
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Ricardo Mihanovich, Jr.
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Argentina
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Jean Edouard Mazery
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France
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Siamack Ilkhanizade
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Iran
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Jose Klabin
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Brazil
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Horacio Areco
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Argentina
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Navjit S. Singh
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India
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INTERNATIONAL MILITARY POLO COMMITTEE
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AAP – Jorge Anibal Laplacette
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Argentina
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HPA – Group Capt. Ed Whitecurch
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England
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USPA – Major (Ret) Mark Gillespie
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USA
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IPA – Colonel Vikremjeet Singh Kahlon
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India
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IOC-WADA COMMITTEE
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Chairman
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Dr. Richard T. Caleel
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USA
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ZONE DIRECTORS
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Zone A
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Miguel Calzada
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Mexico
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Zone B
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Lionel Soffia
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Chile
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Zone C
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Alessandro Giachetti
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Italy
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Zone D
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Peter Prendiville
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Australia
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Zone E
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Karim Loza
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Egypt
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