I've always been sport crazy but before I moved to Hong Kong, rugby wasn't on my radar - I was an Aussie Rules man. But the hotbed of rugby that is CBRE's Hong Kong office soon changed that. We've been stalwart sponsors of Hong Kong Football Club rugby section and our staff includes a plethora of players through the grades. On the corporate side, the Sevens is a key part of the year and we've hosted a box for over a decade. Our box is always buzzing and is never empty. Last year we had a large number sitting on people's knees just to get a seat for the final. The client relationships that are built and nurtured are some of the strongest that I have seen.
Craig Shute
Senior Managing Director, Hong Kong, Macau & Taiwan CBRE
Jebsen invested in the Sacred Hill winery in New Zealand in 2000. As you can imagine, a few of the guys there are passionate rugby players and supporters. Back in 2004, the initial sponsorship deal was agreed for Sacred Hill to be the official wine of the HKRFU and the Sevens. Our box is full of an international crowd. The constant flow of customers, colleagues, friends and even competitors epitomises what the game of rugby is all about. This year, we've decided to produce less-conservative Sevens corporate shirts. A sea of orange should be spotted around the centre-line of the East stand, and we've focused our Friday night guest list around friends with young children, which we are confident will become yet another Sevens tradition.
Gavin Jones
Director of Jebsen Fine Wines