May 23 (Reuters) - Canada's Laurentian Bank has appointed its former executive Christian De Broux as its new chief risk officer, it said on Thursday.

De Broux will assume his new role starting June 17. He was the chief credit officer in his previous tenure, according to his LinkedIn profile.

He will succeed William Mason, who is retiring after six years at the bank. (Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)