Commissioners & Judges
Rules and Guidelines
Commissioners

Rodolfo Pizzichini
Argentina

Glen Stafford
Australia

Peter Huethmair
Austria

Mohammed Islam
Bangladesh

Lars Jørgensen
Belgium

Frederick Lawrence
Bin Room

Martha Villarroel de Peredo
Bolivia

Ygor Chrispin
Brazil

Boncho Bonev
Bulgaria

Ingo Nessel
Canada

Heinz Junge
Chile

Chang Yue
China

Lin Shiangjinn
Chinese Taipei

Darío Diez Vélez
Colombia

Alfonso Molina Ch.
Costa Rica

Julije Maras
Croatia

Akis Christou
Cyprus

Jiri Kraus
Czech Republic

Diego Vasconez
Ecuador

Ali Abdelmegeid
Egypt

Jarkko Leppänen
Finland

Martine Divay
France

Walter Bernatek
Germany

Carlos Rivera
Guatemala

Sergio Bendeck
Honduras

Karoly Szücs
Hungary

Pratisad Neurgaonkar
India

Anil Reddy
India (Assistant)

Massoud Farahbakhsh
Iran

Nader Abdulwahab
Iraq

Brian Callan
Ireland

Les Glassman
Israel

Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi
Italy

Yosuke Naito
Japan

Ilho Shong
Korea

Raimonds Jonitis
Latvia

Dr. Jan Huys-Berlingin
Liechtenstein

Lars Boettger
Luxembourg

Sio Fu
Macau

Kien Boon Goh
Malaysia

Jose Cosio
Mexico

Dembereldorj Asral
Mongolia

Rachid Zaki
Morocco

Kedar Prasad Pradhan
Nepal

Hans Wilderbeek
Netherlands

Mark Benvie
New Zealand

Sinisha Pavleski
North Macedonia

Hallvard Slettebø
Norway

Muhammad Kodwavwala
Pakistan

Carlos Brenis
Peru

Krzysztof Piwko
Poland

João Soeiro
Portugal

Arch. Ion Chirescu
Romania

Vladimir Milic
Serbia

Igor Pirc
Slovenia

Jesus Sitja Prats
Spain

Jean-Jacques Tillard
St. Pierre and Miquelon

Jan Berg
Sweden

Jean Marc Seydoux
Switzerland

Khwanchat Wongjantip
Thailand

Edip Agaogullari
Turkey

Omar Mohammad Ahmad
UAE

Dmytro Frenkel
Ukraine

John Stimson
United Kingdom

Julio Martinez
Uruguay

Tom Fortunato
USA (East)

Gregory Shoults
USA (Central)

Vesma Grinfelds
USA (West)

Edgar Osuna
Venezuela
Jury
Boston 2026 Judges of the FIP Competition

Miguel Casielles
Argentina

Charles Bromser
Austalia

Ian McMahon
Australia

Rogério A. Dedivitis
Brazil

Charles Verge
Canada

Ed Kroft
Canada

Sam Chiu
Canada

Christian Mouat
Chile

David Lu
China

Chen Huei Huang
Chinese Taipei

Chen Yu-An
Chinese Taipei

Santiago Cruz
Colombia

Jiri Cerny
Czech Republic

Jukka Mäkinen
Finland

Bernard Jimenez
France

Andrew Cheung
Hong Kong

Eddie Leibu
Israel

Koichi Sato
Japan

Tan Chee Hui
Malaysia

Jeff Long
New Zealand

Hallvard Slettebo
Norway

Peter Suhadolc
Slovenia

Jesús Sitjà Prats
Spain

Fredrik Ydell
Sweden

Juerg Roth
Switzerland

Prakit Foongavanich
Thailand

Sansern Nilrat
Thailand

Turhan Turgut
Turkey

Javaid Muhammad
UAE

Christopher Harman
UK

Simon Richards
UK

Akthem Al-Manaseer
USA

Dan Walker
USA

Pat Walker
USA

Darrell Ertzberger
USA

James Mazepa
USA

John Hotchner
USA

Kathy Johnson
USA

Mark Banchik
USA

Peter McCann
USA

Ron Lesher
USA

Stephen Reinhard
USA

Reinaldo Macedo
Brazil
FIP Judge & Consultant
Boston 2026 Jury Presidium of the FIP Competition

Prakob Chirakiti
Thailand
Honorary President

Peter McCann
USA
Jury President

James Mazepa
USA
VP Americas

Peter Suhadolc
Slovenia
VP Europe

Chen Yu-An
Chinese Taipei
VP Asia

Dan Walker
USA
Senior Consultant

Javaid Muhammad
UAE
Secretary

Ross Towle
USA
Apprentice Secretary

Kelly Ong
Singapore
Assistant Secretary

Ygor Chrispin
Brazil
Assistant Secretary
Boston 2026 Apprentice Judges of the FIP Competition

Jan Hofmeyr
Canada
Traditional

Behruz Nassre Esfahani
USA
Postal Stationery

Paul Wijnants
Luxembourg
Postal History

Arch. Ion Chirescu
Romania
Traditional
Boston 2026 Judges of the Polar Salon Competition

David Ball
USA
Jury President

Serge Kahn
France

Alain Israel
France

Alan Warren
USA