For organizations

The relationships
that open doors
already exist.

Attaché connects global healthcare organizations with the specific person they need, for a specific engagement, project, or introduction. You define the outcome. We find the person who can deliver it. The ongoing relationship is yours to structure.

No employment overhead. No benefits, payroll tax, equipment, or severance. No commitment beyond the engagement itself. When the work is done, so is the arrangement.

All engagements are structured as flat-fee advisory and market development services. Compensation is never tied to referral volume, or commercial results.

Tell us what you need. We will review your brief and come back within 48 hours with an honest assessment of whether we have the right person. No subscription required to start.

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What organizations say
about building presence
through Attaché.

Collected from verified subscribers following completed engagements. Organization names not disclosed without consent.

We had invested nearly two years and significant budget into building a GCC program through a US-based business development hire. He was talented, motivated, and worked hard, but he was starting from zero in a market where relationships take a decade to build. Three months in, we had more substantive introductions moving toward real work than anything in the eighteen months prior.

Verified Organization
US healthcare system, Northeast
5 months

As an AI startup, our target clients are health systems and hospital networks across the US. We had been working with a commission-based sales representative for about a year who was experienced and highly capable in opening doors, but the arrangement was incredibly costly and difficult to plan for with no real visibility into future spend. We moved to an Attaché representative on a monthly retainer and within the first quarter the economics were completely different. The retainer structure meant we knew exactly what we were spending and our cost per qualified introduction dropped significantly. The representative we work with understands the healthcare procurement environment in a way that very few people outside the industry actually do, which for a company selling AI into hospital systems is not a small thing. It has been one of the better commercial decisions we have made.

Verified Organization
AI healthcare technology company, US
7 months
How we select

This network grows
one referral at a time.
That is the point.

Attaché Network does not advertise for experts. It does not run searches or post listings. Every person on this platform was referred by someone already in the network, or was invited directly by our leadership team based on their knowledge of their work and relationships.

This is a deliberate constraint, not a growth limitation. The value of this network comes entirely from the quality of judgment behind each introduction. The moment that judgment is replaced by a process, the network becomes a directory. We are not building a directory.

Most applications are declined. Not because the person lacks credentials, but because our leadership team cannot personally vouch for the depth and quality of their market relationships. That standard does not scale easily, and we are comfortable with that.

Entry is by referral only
Every expert entered through a personal referral from someone already in the network, or through a direct invitation from our leadership team. There is no other path in.
Our leadership team reviews every application personally
Not a scoring algorithm. Our leadership team reads every application and speaks with most applicants before a profile is activated. The question being asked is whether we would personally stake our reputation on this introduction.
The question is never credentials alone
Credentials are a baseline, not a differentiator. The question our leadership team is actually asking is whether this person's relationships are real, deep, and relevant, and whether their judgment is the kind that reflects well on the organizations they represent.
Applicants represent themselves accurately, in writing
Every expert makes a binding written representation that their application is accurate. We do not independently verify credentials. Professional integrity is backed by legal obligation.
Case studies

What this looks like
in practice.

Cardiology, China
US Hospital Seeks Patient Referrals for its Cardiovascular Program
A budget-sensitive academic hospital wanted to target China-based patients for its cardiovascular program but had no presence in the market.
The hospital had the infrastructure, the clinical reputation, and the patient capacity already in place. What it lacked was anyone in China who could actually open doors. Through Attaché they engaged two representatives for what was initially defined as a five-month project, one based in Beijing and one in Shanghai, both with existing relationships among specialized medical tourism agencies. Now in its ninth month, what started as a limited project has become an ongoing engagement that both sides are genuinely invested in. The representatives began their work focused on building awareness of the cardiovascular program and generating patient referrals, but the relationships they built have opened doors well beyond that original scope, including consulting opportunities with Chinese-based hospitals that had no part of the original brief. The Chinese representatives, for their part, are energized by the association with a respected US hospital and bring that enthusiasm directly into every conversation they have on the hospital's behalf.
Now in month nine, started as a five-month project, continuing by mutual choice
Clinical advisory, Saudi Arabia
Saudi-Based Hospital Engages a Retired US Orthopedic Surgeon for Clinical Advisory
A Saudi hospital wanted to elevate its orthopedic program through international clinical expertise but did not need a full-time hire. They needed seasoned advisory input from someone who had spent a career doing exactly this work at the highest level.
The match was a recently retired US-based orthopedic surgeon with decades of clinical leadership and knowledge. He spent several weeks working directly inside the department, reviewing surgical protocols, identifying where practice had drifted from current evidence, and rebuilding those workflows with the clinical team. He had the credibility to have difficult conversations about what needed to change, and the practical experience to show exactly how. For the hospital, engaging him through a defined consulting arrangement delivered expertise that a full-time hire could not have replicated and a recruitment process could never have attracted. For him, it was exactly the kind of work that made his decades of knowledge available in a way that fit his life after clinical leadership, on his own terms.
Clinical protocols aligned with international standards and complex case management improved through targeted advisory engagement
Medical tourism, UK inbound
Aesthetics Clinic in Istanbul Wants a Presence in the UK Without Investing in an Office and Full-Time Staff
A well-established Istanbul aesthetic clinic wanted to reach UK-based patients but could not justify the overhead of a UK office, staff, or full-time hire for a market they had not yet proven.
The representative they were matched with helped them establish a presence in London without the fixed cost of a permanent office. The representative met with interested patients once a week in a serviced office space in London, giving prospective patients a professional local touchpoint to ask questions, see the portfolio, and book their procedure in person. Travel and accommodation were arranged on behalf of confirmed patients, making the experience feel seamless from a London consultation to an Istanbul procedure. Patients who walked in uncertain walked out with a flight booked. For the clinic, the model proved to be an extraordinarily cost-effective way to enter a market they had never previously been able to reach, building genuine presence and new market share without any of the infrastructure risk that had always made a UK office feel out of reach.
UK market presence established and first patients seen within weeks, no office required
Engagement types

The right person,
for exactly as long
as you need them.

Every engagement is defined before anyone is introduced. The scope, the geography, and the outcome are confirmed by our leadership team before a brief reaches an expert. A single call, a well-placed introduction, a defined project, or an ongoing advisory retainer. You pay for exactly what you need and nothing more.

Advisory call
Single consultation
A specific question that needs a specific answer. Market entry strategy, regulatory landscape, who to know in a given city. One call, one expert, one flat fee. Clean and contained with no ongoing obligation.
Introduction
Targeted introduction
You need to be in a room with a specific type of person, institution, or decision-maker. The expert makes that introduction and provides the context that makes it land. The engagement ends when the introduction is made.
Project engagement
Defined project
Defined scope, defined outcome. Open three institutional relationships in the US, get to a signed MOU in London, map the regulatory path to market entry in Saudi Arabia. The engagement runs until the work is done.
Retainer
Ongoing advisory
For situations where the work is continuous rather than project-based. Sustained market presence, strategy, and ongoing access to relationships over a longer horizon. Structure and scope agreed at the outset.
The commitment problem

Sometimes you need someone
for six months, not six years.

A hospital system entering the GCC does not necessarily need a permanent Dubai office and a full-time country director. It might need someone credible and connected to attend meetings, make introductions, and get the right relationships started, for six months, or twelve, or until a key partnership is signed. After that, the work changes.

Hiring for that is not straightforward. A direct hire at that seniority level takes months to recruit, requires benefits, payroll infrastructure, and employment compliance in a foreign jurisdiction, and creates severance exposure when the project concludes. Most organizations either overbuild, hiring a full-time person for a part-time need, or underbuild, sending someone from headquarters who does not have the relationships to make things move.

Attaché solves this precisely. You engage someone with the right relationships for exactly the scope you need. The engagement is defined. The cost is known. When the work is done, the arrangement ends cleanly, with no HR process, no severance negotiation, and no ongoing liability.

Direct hire, fully loaded
$180K – $220K
Year one cost including salary, benefits, payroll tax, equipment, and onboarding. Plus 4 to 8 months to recruit. Plus severance if it does not work out. Plus 12 to 18 months before meaningful market relationships exist.
Attaché engagement, Connect tier
~$7,500 / mo
Subscription plus a $3,000 per month engagement. No benefits. No payroll tax. No equipment. No severance. No recruitment timeline. Delivering value from the first engagement. Engagement ends when the work is done.
Compensation ranges are illustrative. Actual costs vary by geography, engagement scope, and expert experience. This comparison is for orientation purposes only.
Pricing

Start with a brief.
Subscribe when there is a fit.

Submitting a brief is free. Once we confirm we have the right expert for your market and brief, you subscribe to access the full engagement infrastructure: NDA execution, contract management, escrow, payment processing, and direct leadership team access throughout.

Your subscription covers everything it takes to make an engagement work. Brief review, expert vetting, NDA execution at identity reveal, contract management, escrow and payment processing, conflict monitoring, and direct access to our leadership team throughout. Expert compensation is separate and goes directly to the expert, net of a facilitation fee.

Other platforms charge
Per-brief review fees
Other platforms charge
NDA execution fees per introduction
Other platforms charge
Expedited review premiums
Other platforms charge
Expert activation and listing fees
At Attaché, all of this is included in your subscription. No per-transaction fees. No surprise charges. One number, everything covered.

All engagements on this platform are structured as flat-fee advisory and market development services. Expert compensation is never tied to referral volume, patient numbers, or commercial outcomes. This structure is designed to keep every engagement outside the definitions of remuneration that create regulatory exposure in healthcare contexts.

The comparison that matters: A fully-loaded senior international hire costs $180,000 to $220,000 in year one. That figure includes base salary, benefits (typically 25 to 30 percent of salary), payroll taxes, equipment, onboarding, and the very real possibility of severance if the market entry does not go as planned. It also assumes a 4 to 8 month recruitment process and 12 to 18 months before that person has built meaningful relationships in an unfamiliar market. Through Attaché, a Connect subscription plus a $3,000 per month engagement is approximately $7,500 per month. No benefits. No payroll tax. No equipment. No severance. No recruitment timeline. Relationships active from week one. When the engagement is complete, the arrangement ends. There is no wind-down, no HR process, and no ongoing liability.
Scout
$1,500
per month, billed annually at $15,000
  • Single expert introduction per quarter
  • NDA auto-executed at identity reveal
  • 24-hour shortlist from brief
  • Facilitation of advisory calls
  • Platform dashboard access
Submit a brief first
Connect, Most popular
$4,500
per month, billed annually at $45,000
  • Up to three active retainer engagements
  • Market entry consultation with our leadership team per geography
  • Conflict monitoring with written confirmation
  • Expert reference call before any introduction
Submit a brief first
Presence
$6,000+
per month, custom annual terms
  • Everything in Connect
  • Warm introduction service via our leadership team's personal relationships
  • Proactive expert recommendations
  • Quarterly strategy consultation with our leadership team
  • First-call access for urgent issues
  • Bespoke engagement structure
Talk to us about Presence
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Sevda Mikdadi
Founder & CEO, Attaché Network
Why we built this

Organizations keep solving
the wrong problem.
We solved the right one.

"I have watched brilliant organizations invest everything in a new market and still not gain traction, not because they lacked commitment or resources, but because the one thing that actually moves the needle in these markets cannot be hired, trained, or manufactured on a twelve-month timeline."

I spent my career inside elite healthcare organizations across four continents, the GCC, Europe, the United States, North Africa, close enough to see how decisions actually get made and how trust actually gets built in these markets. Throughout those years I was also, quietly and without any formal arrangement, connecting people. Senior clinicians who were ready for something beyond their current role. Organisations trying to enter a new geography without knowing who to call. Consulting firms that needed someone who actually knew the room. I did it because it mattered to me to see both sides win, and because I had come to understand that the right introduction, made by someone who genuinely knows both parties, is one of the most valuable things one professional can do for another. When I took a CliftonStrengths assessment at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and Woo came back as my top theme, it crystallised something I had known for a long time: this is not a skill I learned; it is simply how I see the world.

I built Attaché Network because the problem I kept seeing had a solution that nobody had properly built yet. Organisations were pouring resources into new geographies and not gaining traction, not because they lacked commitment, but because they were trying to replicate from the outside something that can only be built from the inside, over years, through consistent and trusted presence. At the same time, there were extraordinary professionals sitting on exactly that kind of access with no structured way to put it to work on their own terms. I had spent years informally bridging that gap for free. Attaché is the infrastructure that makes it sustainable, protected, and available at scale, and it is built on the same conviction that drove every one of those introductions: that when the match is truly right, everyone in the room is better for it.

Sevda Mikdadi, Founder of Attaché Network
Sevda Mikdadi
Founder & CEO, Attaché Network
From the founder

Why I built this.

"After twenty years in healthcare across the GCC, Europe, and the United States, I understood one thing above all else: the right person in the right market is worth more than any strategy. Attaché is how you find them."

My career took me across four continents inside some of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. Throughout those years, people kept finding me with the same kind of ask. A hospital trying to build an international program. A clinician ready for something more. A firm trying to enter a market it had no way into. I always said yes, and it always led somewhere. I genuinely loved every introduction I ever made.

Attaché grew out of that instinct. There are incredibly talented, deeply connected professionals out there whose knowledge and relationships are exactly what global healthcare organizations need, and there was no real way to bring those two worlds together properly. I wanted to fix that. So I built Attaché.

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