Geraldine Cox is the founder and President of Sunrise Cambodia, a sustainable community development organisation with a focus on Cambodia’s most vulnerable children and the communities in which they live.
She resides in the Kandal province of Cambodia, where she is a mentor to the children in her care. She also meets with sponsors and donors who visit the Sunrise Learning Centres and those who offer their support from several parts of the world.
A well-known and highly respected humanitarian figure, with a vibrant personality, Geraldine makes regular public and media appearances to assist with fundraising appeals. She is also a sought-after public speaker in Australia and around the world. Geraldine has been invited to speak for audiences that include National Press Club, Canberra; the Sydney Institute, Sydney; the Parliamentary Sub Committee on Human Rights, Canberra; The Asia Society, Melbourne and the University of Sydney, International School of Public Health.
In 2016, Geraldine gave a keynote speech during the University of South Australia Nelson Mandela Lecture Series and in August 2017, Geraldine presented at the United Nations-sponsored 8th University Leadership Scholars Symposium hosted by Humanitarian Affairs UK in Bangkok, Thailand.
Geraldine was nominated by Ernst & Young for the Entrepreneur Award of the Year in the Social Category for South Australia. In 2014, Geraldine became a member of the Humanitarian Affairs Advisory Board, UK and in 2013, she was appointed a Board Director of the International Advisory Board of the Oasis Africa Australia.
