About GAC

It’s known as “The Beautiful Game” and at GAC, we understand its appeal – and its potential.

For several seasons, we have supported clubs in the Premier League and the Championship League, and we sponsor English football clubs Crystal Palace FC and Sheffield United FC. The GAC logo can be seen at the clubs' grounds as well as in printed material, backdrops, team and replica outfits, prime position pitch perimeter advertising boards and signage.

CPFC home and away shirts can be purchased directly from the club. Visit http://www.cpfc.co.uk

The ocean wave is the natural habitat of many GAC folk, so it was no surprise when the Group joined forces with leading independent sailing company, Team Pindar, to create GAC Pindar. Racing under a British flag, the team made its debut in the European Sailing Series in May 2010.

During their 2011 campaign, GAC Pindar competed in 18 events as part of its participation in the Extreme Sailing Series and the ISAF World Match Racing Tour. The team experienced highs and lows throughout the season but without doubt it was skipper Ian Williams' most successful to date clinching his third ISAF World Match Racing title. Now that the 2012 season has just begun, GAC Pindar plan to come back bigger and better on both the Extreme Sailing Series and the World Match Racing Tour with Williams being in a strong position to claim his fourth ISAF World Match Racing title.

The Extreme Sailing Series is one of the most exciting events on the sporting calendar, uniting world-class sailors racing high-speed 40ft catamarans around a spectator-friendly course, close to the shore. The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) offers a record prize of USD 1.75m, and features nine World Championship events to establish the best Match Racing Sailor in the World.

GAC first started working with Team Pindar, one of the world's leading independent sailing teams, in 2008 when it helped set up 'Sail Bahrain', a major initiative to create a National Sailing Academy and raise the sport's profile in the country. Today, GAC Pindar is not only a professional sailing team, it is also the go-to provider for integrated specialist marine leisure logistics, including yacht transportation, super yacht services, air sea and road freight, yacht spares logistics, sailing event management, ship agency and corporate hospitality.

GAC Pindar is the official logistics provider for the Extreme Sailing Series 2012.

Many of the qualities required to make a winning motor racing team can be seen every day in GAC’s operations - cooperation, high performance, dedication, professionalism, meticulous planning, attention detail, ability to respond at a moment’s notice. That’s why GAC enjoys its links with the world of motor-racing, both as a provider of vital support services for MotoGP, the A1 Grand Prix and World Rally Championships, and also as a sponsor. Our partners in the motor racing world include rising star Alex Brundle (the son of F1 legend Martin Brundle). He will be racing in the 2013 season of the World Endurance Championship.

Follow Martin Brundle on his journey to the Le Mans 24 Hour race:

Martin Brundle Le Mans Diary - Part 1

Martin Brundle Le Mans Diary - Part 2

Many a business deal is sealed on the links, and GAC folk are not immune to the charms of the green. Our stable of sporting brand ambassadors includes European Tour star golfer Richard Sterne who has returned with impressive form with a Top-10 finish at the Africa Open in 2012; fellow European Tour golfer Graeme Storm - who joined in 2007, the year he clinched his maiden title in the French Open; rising star and PGA European Tour 2009 Rookie of the Year Chris Wood, who signed in 2011; and most recently winner of the 2011 Telkom PGA Championship George Coetzee who also secured eight Top 10 finishes on last year’s European Tour. As brand ambassadors, Storm, Wood and Coetzee attend and support GAC corporate golf events and appear in international tournaments under the GAC banner.

Cricket matches draw large crowds of passionate fans wherever the game is played. Many of GAC’s staff and clients from the Indian Subcontinent, United Kingdom and Australia are avid followers of the game, and Dubai, home to our Corporate Headquarters, hosts many world-class matches. In January 2012, English cricketing star Stuart Broad became the latest addition to GAC’s stable of sporting brand ambassadors and the GAC logo features on his bat. Broad, who was appointed England Twenty20 Captain in 2011, attends a variety of GAC social and corporate events, including local community initiatives supported by the company.

Basketball games at all levels draw huge crowds throughout the USA. In 2011, GAC became the official logistics partner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Houston Rockets for their 45th season. The partnership brings together the teamwork, timing, skills and smart moves necessary for both sporting success and good business, at Houston, the energy capital of the world.