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 2020 Argentina
Eduardo Novillo Astrada (h)
Vice President
Argentina
Stephen Hutchinson
Vice President
England
Stewart Armstrong
Vice President
USA
Executive Committee
Marcos Aldao
December 2020 Argentina
Bob Puetz
December 2020 USA
Stephen Hutchinson
December 2020 England
Piero Dillier
December 2020 Switzerland
François Berger
December 2020 Guatemala
Officers
Alex Taylor
CEO
Ignacio Uranga
Treasurer
Argentina
Robert de By
Legal Advisor
Council of Administration
Chip Campbell
Council Member
December 2020 USA
Tony Coppola
Council Member
December 2020 USA
Roderick Vere Nicoll
Council Member
December 2020 England
Lord Charles Beresford
Council Member
December 2020 England
Delfin Uranga
Council Member
December 2019 Argentina
Julian Martinez Youens
Council Member
December 2019 Argentina
Emmanuel Seidner
Council Member
December 2020 Guatemala
Phillipe Perrier
Council Member
December 2020 France
Iago Masias
Council Member
December 2019 Peru
Peter Prendiville
Council Member
December 2019 Australia
Gerardo Valdes
Council Member
December 2019 Chile
Staff
Felipe del Sel
Argentina
Bodies
| FINANCE COMMITTEE | ||
| Treasurer | Ignacio Uranga | Argentina |
| Lionel Sofia | Chile | |
| TBA | ||
| RULES COMMITTEE | ||
| Marcos Aldao | Argentina | |
| David Woodd | England | |
| TBA | ||
| 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 | |
| IOC-WADA COMMITTEE | ||
| Chairman | Emmanuel Seidner | Guatemala |
| Co-Chairman | Dr. Richard T. Caleel | USA |
| Derek Wolstenholme | Canada |
| ZONE DIRECTORS | ||
| Zone A | Guillermo Steta | Mexico |
| Zone B | Lionel Soffia | Chile |
| Zone C | Piero Dillier | Switzerland |
| Zone D | Peter Prendiville | Australia |
| Zone E | TBA | TBA |
Past Presidents
| 1982 – 1997 | Marcos Uranga (Founder) | Argentina |
| 1997 – 2006 | Glen Holden | USA |
| 2006 – 2009 | Patrick Guerrand-Hermès | France |
| 2009 – 2010 | James Ashton | Australia |
| 2010 – 2012 | Eduardo J. Huergo | Argentina |
| 2012 – 2014 | Richard T. Caleel | USA |
| 2014 – 2018 | Nicholas Colquhoun-Denvers | England |