Jaime Morillo of Ecuador Appointed as Pan American Equestrian Confederation Sport Development Officer
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July 29, 2024
Jaime Morillo of Ecuador, a jumping course designer and technical delegate who competed at the 1979 Pan American Games, has been appointed to the newly created post as Pan American Equestrian Confederation Sport Development Officer.
The role wholly funded by FEI Solidarity and to start Aug. 1, was announced jointly by the FEI and PAEC.
“We are delighted to announce the appointment of Jaime Morillo to this important new role,” PAEC President Cesar Hirsch said. “We undertook a lengthy and very thorough recruitment process and, together with the FEI, we have no doubt that we have found the perfect candidate for the job. Jaime Morillo is a well-known and highly respected figure in the PAEC region through his work within the FEI Solidarity coaching system and Equestrian Sports Educative Events. He is tailor-made for this new position within PAEC and we look forward to welcoming him to our team.
“With the appointment of the highly experienced Jaime Morillo, the equestrian community across the Americas and Caribbean is set for a major boost,” said Ingmar de Vos, FEI president and chair of the FEI Solidarity Committee.
“The Pan American Equestrian Confederation represents a great many athletes, coaches and wider members of the equestrian community from 31 national federations across the region.”
“I am very happy and proud, but also humble, to join PAEC and to take on this new role for the further development of equestrian sport in the Americas,” said Jaime. “I believe that my extensive knowledge of the sport in the region will mean that I can make a real difference and I look forward to working with our national federations to help advance the sport here. It’s a big challenge but one that I can’t wait to get started on. I am going to just put my head down and work as efficiently and intelligently as possible to make this position really deliver.”
He will work out of his home office in Wellington, Florida, but plans visit the national federations
Jaime was born in Hollywood, California to Ecuadorian parents. He moved the family back to Ecuador four years later. His passion for horses and equestrian sports developed at an early age and he spent a summer as a junior with Italian Jumping legend Graziano Mancinelli, individual gold medallist at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games. He studied economics and engineering project management at the University of Richmond in Virginia and, outside college, honed his competition skills with Frances Rowe and was also coached by Los Angeles 1984 double gold medalist Joe Fargis and team gold and individual silver medalist Conrad Homfeld, who were based with Rowe.
He returned to Ecuador in 1980, working for 30 years in engineering and construction with a focus on finance and project management until switching careers when he got his jumping course designer license. He also started coaching professionally, graduating through the FEI Levels, and is now a Level 3 Course Designer and Technical Delegate, and a Level 3 coach.
Jaime is fluent in Spanish and English, and also coaches through Portuguese. He holds dual nationality, but his competitive career and his work with the FEI have been through Ecuador’s national federation. He has been based in Florida the past seven years.
