Meet the team of International Grooms Association (IGA) Founding Directors:
Lucy was an international dressage groom for eight years, representing Team GBR at European and World Championships. She is the founder of the British Grooms Association (BGA) and the IGA. She runs the IGA office and coordinates all developments.
In her spare time, Lucy works on major events including recently London 2012, COP26 and the G7 Summit.
Inge started in the equestrian world as an international groom, she worked for Jan Tops and Tineke Bartels, the Netherlands. Since 2010, she is the producer of Horse International and L'Année Hippique but has been involved with these publications for over 24 years.
She is proud to be part of IGA and happy that grooms worldwide will get the recognition and the support they deserve.
Alan has represented Team GB at 4 Olympic Games, 4 World Championships and 11 European Championships.
As part of the Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester team, Alan has become one of the most well-known grooms in the UK and the World.
Jackie is an international groom who has attended 5 Olympics, 5 Worlds and 8 Europeans and about 16 Badmintons, Burghleys, Lexingtons and Paus.
Well known for being one of the most experienced grooms on the eventing circuit, Jackie is passionate about mentoring future eventing grooms.
Mel is a career international jumping groom who has worked at multiple Championships and currently works for Marcus Ehning.
Based in Germany, Mel is passionate about seeking improvement for the jumping international grooms.
Courtney, head groom for Doug Payne Equestrian for the last 6 years, has become one of the most well-known grooms on the American scene.
She has groomed through the CSI4* level in Show Jumping and CCI5* level in Eventing, with Team USA competitions at the Tokyo Olympics and Lima Pan American Games.
Max spent over 10 years as the top groom for the O'Connor Eventing Team based in the United States. In addition to many of the world's 5* events, she has groomed at 3 Olympic Games, 3 World Championships, 2 Pan American Games and 19 Kentucky's!
Max also has worked for Organising Committees as a stable manager and assistant organiser.
