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

Bylaws March 2018

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Administration

PIERO DILLIER

President December 2024 Switzerland

DELFIN URANGA

Vice President | Argentina

STEWART ARMSTRONG

Vice President | USA

PETER PRENDIVILLE

Council Member|December 2024 Australia

FRANÇOIS BERGER

December 2024 Guatemala
Executive Committee

JUSTO SAAVEDRA

December 2023 | Argentina

TONY COPPOLA

December 2024 | USA

PETER PRENDIVILLE

Council Member|December 2024 Australia

FRANÇOIS BERGER

December 2024 Guatemala
Officers

ALEX TAYLOR

CEO | Argentina

ALEXIS GUYNOT DE BOISMENU

Council Member|December 2024 Uruguay
Council of Administration

STEWART ARMSTRONG

Council Member | December 2022 / DEC 2024 - USA

TONY COPPOLA

Council Member| Dec. 2022 / Dec. 2024 - USA

RODERICK VERE NICOLL

Council Member|Dec. 2022 / Dec. 2024 - England

JULIAN MARTINEZ YOUENS

Council Member|Dec. 2022 / Dec. 2024 - Argentina

EMMANUEL SEIDNER

Council Member|Dec. 2022 / Dec. 2024 - Guatemala

PHILLIPE PERRIER

Council Member|Dec. 2022 / Dec. 2024 - France

ALEXIS GUYNOT DE BOISMENU

Council Member|Dec. 2021 / Dec. 2023 - Uruguay

PETER PRENDIVILLE

Council Member|Dec 2021 / Dec. 2023 Australia

ALESSANDRO GIACHETTI

Council Member|Dec 2021 / Dec. 2023 Italy

MIGUEL CALZADA

Council Member|Dec. 2022 / Dec. 2024 - Mexico
Staff

SILVANA RANDO

Administrative Assistant
Bodies
PAST PRESIDENTS AND ETHICS COMMITTEE  
ChairmanDr. Richard Caleel USA
 Mr. Nicholas Colquhoun-Denvers England
 Mr. Horacio Areco Argentina
FINANCE COMMITTEE  
TreasurerAlexis Guynot de BoismenuUruguay
 Lionel SofiaChile
 Tommy Rinderknecht Switzerland
RULES COMMITTEE  
 Marcos AldaoArgentina
 David WooddEngland
 Chris GreenUSA
TOURNAMENT COORDINATORDavid WooddEngland
WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL POLO COMMITTEE  
 Dawn JonesUSA
 Nina ClarkinEngland
 Veronica MagnascoArgentina
 Ploy BhinsaengThailand
YOUTH & CHILDREN POLO COMMITTEE  
 Sebastian PistoneArgentina
 Miguel ViganóArgentina
 Javier UrangaArgentina
 Hayley HeatleyUSA
 Todd ThurstonUSA
 Oliver HughesEngland
 Thomas WinterGermany
 Jorge Raul MolinaGuatemala
MARKETING COMMITTEE  
 Pierre GenecandSwitzerland
 Alessandro GiachettiItaly
 Dawn JonesUSA
AMBASSADORS CUP COMMITTEE  
ChairmanRicardo Mihanovich, Jr.Argentina
 Jean Edouard MazeryFrance
 Siamack IlkhanizadeIran
 Jose KlabinBrazil
 Horacio ArecoArgentina
 Navjit S. SinghIndia
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY POLO COMMITTEE  
 Gral. Diego Lopez BlancoArgentina
 Air Commodore (Ret) Tim BrownEngland
 Major (Ret)USA
 Colonel Vikramjit S. KahlonIndia
 Mark Gillespie USA
IOC-WADA COMMITTEE  
ChairmanEmmanuel SeidnerGuatemala
Co-ChairmanDr. Richard T. CaleelUSA
 Derek WolstenholmeCanada
ZONE DIRECTORS  
Zone AMiguel CalzadaMexico
Zone BLionel SoffiaChile
Zone CAlessandro GiachettiItaly
Zone DPeter PrendivilleAustralia
Zone ETBATBA