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
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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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) | USA | |
| Colonel Vikramjit S. Kahlon | India | |
| 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 | Alessandro Giachetti | Italy |
| Zone D | Peter Prendiville | Australia |
| Zone E | TBA | TBA |