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 

Bylaws March 2018

English / Español

 

Administration

PIERO DILLIER

President |  December 2026 – Switzerland

DELFIN URANGA

Vice President | Argentina

NICHOLAS WILES

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
 

PAST PRESIDENTS AND ETHICS COMMITTEE

 

 

Chairman

Dr. Richard Caleel

USA

 

Mr. Nicholas Colquhoun-Denvers

England

 

Mr. Horacio Areco

Argentina

FINANCE COMMITTEE

 

 

Treasurer

Alexis Guynot de Boismenu

Uruguay

 

Lionel Sofia

Chile

 

Tommy Rinderknecht

Switzerland

RULES COMMITTEE

 

 

 

Marcos Aldao

Argentina

 

David Woodd

England

 

Chris Green

USA

 

 

 

WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL POLO COMMITTEE

 

 

 

Dawn Jones

USA

 

Nina Clarkin

England

 

Veronica Magnasco

Argentina

 

Ploy Bhinsaeng

Thailand

YOUTH & CHILDREN POLO COMMITTEE

 

 

 

Sebastian Pistone

Argentina

 

Miguel Viganó

Argentina

 

Javier Uranga

Argentina

 

Hayley Heatley

USA

 

Todd Thurston

USA

 

Oliver Hughes

England

 

Thomas Winter

Germany

 

Jorge Raul Molina

Guatemala

MARKETING COMMITTEE

 

 

 

Pierre Genecand

Switzerland

 

Alessandro Giachetti

Italy

 

Dawn Jones

USA

AMBASSADORS CUP COMMITTEE

 

 

Chairman

Ricardo Mihanovich, Jr.

Argentina

 

Jean Edouard Mazery

France

 

Siamack Ilkhanizade

Iran

 

Jose Klabin

Brazil

 

Horacio Areco

Argentina

 

Navjit S. Singh

India

INTERNATIONAL MILITARY POLO COMMITTEE

 

 

 

AAP – Jorge Anibal Laplacette

Argentina

 

HPA – Group Capt. Ed Whitecurch

England

 

USPA – Major (Ret) Mark Gillespie

USA

 

IPA – Colonel Vikremjeet Singh Kahlon

 India

 


IOC-WADA COMMITTEE

 

 

Chairman

Dr. Richard T. Caleel

USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE DIRECTORS

 

 

Zone A

Miguel Calzada

Mexico

Zone B

Lionel Soffia

Chile

Zone C

Alessandro Giachetti

Italy

Zone D

Peter Prendiville

Australia

Zone E

Karim Loza

Egypt