089: What could you achieve if you stopped downplaying your ambition with Allia Khan

100 Women in Insurance · Dec 11, 2025 · 45m

In this episode, Sandra speaks with Allia Khan about what happens when you decide to treat your ideas as choices you are allowed to make, rather than chances that happen to you.

Allia shares how she moved from a legal role in logistics into the Lloyd’s market, why she trusted her gut when everything felt unfamiliar and how insurance became a space for growth.

She also talks about launching Mansion 28, the luxury fashion brand inspired by her travels to the Middle East, and why she sees it as a second career rather than a “side hustle”.

Sandra and Allia explore what it means to walk into rooms…