<div>UPDATE 3-Australia's Westpac hires former Barclays chairman to tide over crisis</div> <!-- no image --> <div>* Analysts and investors welcome appointment (Recasts and updates throughout with background on McFarlane's career, shares open)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=6sc5sUndn88:EFi559udENo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=6sc5sUndn88:EFi559udENo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=6sc5sUndn88:EFi559udENo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=6sc5sUndn88:EFi559udENo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=6sc5sUndn88:EFi559udENo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/6sc5sUndn88" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters