Australia's Westpac hires 'Mack the knife' McFarlane to chair crisis-hit bank
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SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Australia's Westpac Banking Corp named a former Barclays boss as chairman on Thursday, entrusting veteran banker John McFarlane with the task of steering it through the country's biggest money-laundering scandal.The bank, Australia's second largest by market capitalisation, said the 72-year-old would become a non executive director in February before taking the chairman's role in April.McFarlane stepped down as chairman of Barclays in May after four years...