Binance has appointed Justin Yek, a former Airwallex finance executive, as chief financial officer to replace Kaiser Ng. The exchange says the change was planned six months ago and is unrelated to the Oct. 29 hack, which took about $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency.

Binance has named Justin Yek as its new chief financial officer, just over a week after hackers stole about $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency from the exchange. Binance names CFO days after what is believed to be the largest digital asset theft on record.

Yek, a former finance executive at the global payments firm Airwallex, succeeds Kaiser Ng. Ng is leaving after more than five years to pursue a new venture,…