In this role she has been involved in training community and business leaders and parliamentarians on social and political issues around the world.
In 2011, the Coalition promoted its goal of "empowering women is smart economics" to the G20 and have the member states put it on their agenda.
[7] Goudie is Chair of the Women Leaders' Council to Fight Human Trafficking at the United Nations.
In October 2011, Goudie was a speaker for the Fortune Most Powerful Women's Conference where she addressed "Shaking up the Boardroom: Will Quotas Work".
She contributed to the conference on 'Incorporating Human Trafficking in Academic Institutions: The European Experience' that took place at the University of Amsterdam on 25–26 November 2011.
The initiative focuses on investing in emerging women leaders, with an aim of strengthening communities and improving economic growth.
[11] In April 2012 she was appointed a trustee of the El-Hibri Charitable Foundation, whose aims are to foster interfaith dialogue and to find common ground and solutions to global challenges affecting mankind.
[12] In Spring 2013, she was elected onto the Board of Directors of EuropEFE, the European Mission of the Education for Employment Foundation based in Spain.
[13] In July 2013, she spoke at The Women in Public Service Project, Institute 2013: Peacebuilding and Development, at Bryn Mawr College.
[1] She is a founding member of the 30% Club and serves on the steering committee, an organisation promoting the inclusion of more women on UK corporate boards.
[17] On 25 October 2009 Scotland on Sunday suggested that while the Goudies lived in London, she listed her main residence as a flat in Glasgow when claiming House of Lords expenses.
This had resulted in her claiming £230,000 of subsistence allowances intended as payments for those outside the capital, who need help to meet the cost of accommodation in London.
In total, Goudie had claimed about £168,000 in overnight expenses and £82,000 for travel to and from the Glasgow property over a nine-year period.