[1] He boarded at Hale School, Perth,[2] and then went on to the University of Western Australia, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
[5] Goyder's main residence is in Mosman Park, WA (a riverside suburb of Perth),[3] though he also owns a holiday home in Augusta and a farm of 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) near Toodyay.
[7] Goyder became deputy managing director and chief financial officer of Wesfarmers in 2004,[8] and replaced Michael Chaney as CEO in July 2005.
[7] In 2007, he oversaw the purchase of Coles Group for A$19.3 billion, which was "the biggest and one of the riskiest acquisitions in Australian corporate history".
Goyder served on the board of the Fremantle Football Club from 2006 to 2011, and then in September 2011 was appointed to the AFL Commission.