Businessman Peter Smedley, known in his heyday as “Pac-Man” for a big appetite for acquisitions when running funds management group Colonial and then logistics company Mayne Group, is being remembered fondly by family and former colleagues. Mr Smedley died on April 11 aged 76 after battling cancer. Peter Smedley was a driving force in the Orygen Youth Health Research Centre in Melbourne devoted to improving mental health for young people and had also been a long-time contributor and chairman of the charity CARE Australia.
