Our CEO
The Face Behind the Company
The CEO and Sole Director of Levana Finance is Sadaf Khan Malik.
Sadaf, was Born and Bred in Yorkshire and graduated in BA Hons Business Studies with a 2:1 from Kingston University, Surrey. At 19 years old, she joined the Financial Services Industry. Her career background involves her working for Multinational Corporate Companies. She is of Afghan and Indian Origin.
In early 2014, after quitting her role of working in Bracknell for a lender repossessing houses alongside the Litigation Team, she found her passion to become a Mortgage Broker and landed her first role with Countrywide, the UK’s largest Mortgage Broker and Estate Agency.
She was responsible for looking after the Guildford region including branches in Worplesdon, Merrow, Haslemere and Godalming before moving onto Knaphill in Woking.
Sadaf, then moved onto Coreco in the City of London where she advanced her career well doing mortgage surgeries for Investment Bankers at Goldman Sachs and UBS and other Investment Banks in London.
Apart from that, she has been the backbone of a Venture Capitalist setting up an Online Mortgage Brokerage before moving on to work between Berkeley Square, Mayfair and Baker Street for another Mortgage Brokerage in the city.
In 2018, she took the plunge to work for herself and started Levana Finance. Her main clientele are Professionals, High Net Worth Clients, Investment Bankers, UN Diplomats from Afghanistan, Expats that now reside in the UAE and Middle Eastern Countries.
This year, she was awarded Leading Mortgage Protection & Financial Adviser 2023 at SME News's seventh annual Greater London Enterprise Awards.
In her personal life, Sadaf keeps herself busy with Charity Work involving herself a lot with her Home Country, Afghanistan and has won an award for the Social Worker and Volunteer of the Year 2022 for her involvement supporting the Afghan refugees in the UK. This was awarded by MRFA Foundation.
In her spare time, she loves visiting the hottest restaurants around London. She also has a Wanderlust Soul so she enjoys travelling with her favourite places being New York, Monaco and Dubai!