About Us
Our Mission
FIP’s mission is to promote the practice of the sport of polo worldwide in order to defend and ensure the spirit of fair play and moral fortitude, with nthe objective of forming the sporting attitude of gentlemanly behavior during and after the game, on the playing fields and wherever polo players should meet, so as to form one great world polo family
Administration

HORACIO ARECO
President | December 2022 Argentina

DELFIN URANGA
Vice President | Argentina

NICHOLAS WILES
Vice President |England

STEWART ARMSTRONG
Vice President | USA

PIERO DILLIER
December 2022 Switzerland

FRANÇOIS BERGER
December 2022 Guatemala
Executive Committee

MARCOS ALDAO
December 2022 | Argentina

TONY COPPOLA
December 2022 | Argentina

PIERO DILLIER
December 2022 Switzerland

FRANÇOIS BERGER
December 2022 Guatemala
Officers

ALEX TAYLOR
CEO

IGNACIO URANGA
Treasurer Argentina
Council of Administration

STEWART ARMSTRONG
Council Member | December 2022 USA

TONY COPPOLA
Council Member|December 2022 USA

RODERICK VERE NICOLL
Council Member|December 2022 England

JULIAN MARTINEZ YOUENS
Council Member|December 2022 Argentina

EMMANUEL SEIDNER
Council Member|December 2022 Guatemala

PHILLIPE PERRIER
Council Member|December 2022 France

ALEXIS GUYNOT DE BOISMENU
Council Member|December 2021 Uruguay

PETER PRENDIVILLE
Council Member|December 2021 Australia

ALESSANDRO GIACHETTI
Council Member|December 2021 Italy

MIGUEL CALZADA
Council Member|December 2022 Mexico
Staff

SILVANA RANDO
Administrative Assistant
Bodies
FINANCE COMMITTEE | ||
Treasurer | Ignacio Uranga | Argentina |
Lionel Sofia | Chile | |
TBA | ||
RULES COMMITTEE | ||
Marcos Aldao | Argentina | |
David Woodd | England | |
Chris Green | USA | |
TOURNAMENT COORDINATOR | David Woodd | England |
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 | ||
Gral. Diego Lopez Blanco | Argentina | |
Air Commodore (Ret) Tim Brown | England | |
Major (Ret) Mark Gillespie | USA | |
IOC-WADA COMMITTEE | ||
Chairman | Emmanuel Seidner | Guatemala |
Co-Chairman | Dr. Richard T. Caleel | USA |
Derek Wolstenholme | Canada |
ZONE DIRECTORS | ||
Zone A | Miguel Calzada | Mexico |
Zone B | Lionel Soffia | Chile |
Zone C | Piero Dillier | Switzerland |
Zone D | Peter Prendiville | Australia |
Zone E | TBA | TBA |