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'''Mary Teresa Goudie, Baroness Goudie''' (born 2 September, 1946) is a Labour member of [House of Lords]].  
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'''Mary Teresa Goudie, Baroness Goudie''' (born 2 September, 1946) is a Labour member of [House of Lords]]. According to the Scotsman which named her as 13th most poweful woman in Scotland in 2004, 'Baroness Mary Goudie is one of Scottish Labour’s most prolific and accomplished networkers. The life peer was a close friend of the late [[Donald Dewar]], and she is close to [[Gordon Brown]] and [[Wendy Alexander]]. However, her friendship with leading lights in the Brown camp has not stopped her from forming close links with both [[Tony Blair|Tony]] and [[Cherie Blair]]. Baroness Goudie is the founder of the exclusive [[Aeolus]] networking dinner club.'{{ref|Scots}}
  
She was the European director of public affairs for the [[World Wide Fund for Nature]] (UK) from 1990 to 1995. She worked as a public affairs consultant from 1995 to 1998.
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In 1998, she was made a Life peer as Baroness Goudie, of Roundwood in the [[London Borough of Brent]].
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==Afilliations==
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*director of the [[House magazine]]
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*director of the [[Hansard Society]]
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*[[PigyBankKids]], trustee
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*Secretary of the [[Scottish Industry Forum]]. 
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*member of the [[Napier University]] Court [http://www.napier.ac.uk/alumni/default.asp?alumni_w=3&alumni_x=3]
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*Patron of the [[National Science Club]]
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*1990-1995 European director of public affairs for the [[World Wide Fund for Nature]] (UK)
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*1995-1998 public affairs consultant.
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*1998 made a Life peer as Baroness Goudie, of Roundwood in the London Borough of Brent.
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*1998-2006 Strategic and Management Consultant for the [[Worldwide Fund for Nature]].
  
==Afiliations==
 
*[[PigyBankKids]], trustee
 
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199798/minutes/980727/ldminute.htm Announcement of her introduction at the House of Lords] House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 27 July 1998
 
*[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199798/minutes/980727/ldminute.htm Announcement of her introduction at the House of Lords] House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 27 July 1998
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==Notes==
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#{{note|Scots}}Gillian Bowditch, '[http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=288&id=1019042004 Scotland's top 50 powerful women]'The Scotsman, Tue 31 Aug 2004.

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Mary Teresa Goudie, Baroness Goudie (born 2 September, 1946) is a Labour member of [House of Lords]]. According to the Scotsman which named her as 13th most poweful woman in Scotland in 2004, 'Baroness Mary Goudie is one of Scottish Labour’s most prolific and accomplished networkers. The life peer was a close friend of the late Donald Dewar, and she is close to Gordon Brown and Wendy Alexander. However, her friendship with leading lights in the Brown camp has not stopped her from forming close links with both Tony and Cherie Blair. Baroness Goudie is the founder of the exclusive Aeolus networking dinner club.'[1]

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  1. ^Gillian Bowditch, 'Scotland's top 50 powerful women'The Scotsman, Tue 31 Aug 2004.