The former SCOR chief keeps global charge of Capital and Advisory while taking on Latin America and the Caribbean alongside the Asia-Pacific businesses.
The Kuala Lumpur-based hire joins the insurer's consumer distribution team from Zurich, where he spent more than four years leading partnerships in Malaysia.
Dylan Bryant returns to Zurich after 12 years away to run multinational programmes and captive fronting, while Patrick Fyson joins from Canopius to head property in the region.
The Singapore appointment moves the energy specialist out of the broker's Calgary office after seven years serving upstream and downstream clients in Canada.
Pachoud also takes charge of Japanese Solutions, the credit insurer's coordinated offering for Japanese multinationals operating outside their home market.