[2][3][4] Goyder attended Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated with an MA in Economics, Social and Political Sciences.
[7] In April 1990 he was given the opportunity to pursue this line of inquiry on a professional basis after being persuaded by Charles Handy to become a program director at the Royal Society of Arts .
The Inquiry laid the foundations for the enlightened shareholder value approach which would eventually redefine directors' duties in the 2006 Companies Act.
[10] Goyder is a public speaker[11] who has given speeches at major international conferences in South Africa,[12] India,[13] Saudi Arabia,[14] the Philippines[15] and Singapore.
[16] His articles have appeared in numerous publications including The Guardian,[17][18] The Wall Street Journal[19] and The Financial Times.