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
Eduardo Novillo Astrada (h)
Vice President
Argentina
Nicholas Wiles
Vice President
England
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Stewart Armstrong
Vice President
USA
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
Delfin Uranga
Council Member
December 2022 Argentina
Julian Martinez Youens
Council Member
December 2022 Argentina
Emmanuel Seidner
Council Member
December 2022 Guatemala
Phillipe Perrier
Council Member
December 2022 France
Alexis 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
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 | |
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 |
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 |