LATIF Online March 2026

Sidhant is responsible for managing CCLA’s three deposit and money market funds.

Having graduated from King’s College London in 2013 with a BSc in Maths & Computer Science (joint honours), Sidhant worked in the consulting industry focussing on wealth and asset management clients for six years. Sidhant then joined CCLA in 2019 and specialised as a fund manager within Cash and Money Markets team.

Sidhant holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Investment Management Certificate (IMC) qualifications. Outside of work he is a Governor for Foster’s Primary School in Bexleyheath.

Conrad Hall has over twenty years’ senior financial management experience in London local authorities, more than ten of which have been in chief finance officer roles.

He trained with the Audit Commission, qualified as a CIPFA accountant in 1998 and is a former winner of the Accountancy Age UK Accountant of the Year award for his work in transforming Lambeth Council.  He is currently the Corporate Director of Resources for Croydon Council, having previously held similar roles at Newham and Brent Councils.  He chairs the CIPFA/LASAAC board, which sets the financial reporting and accounting standards for UK local government

With a career in Local Government spanning over 25 years, and working for a number of different Local Authorities across from London Boroughs, Districts and also Unitary Councils,  Adele has a passion for the positive impact that finance and resource teams can have on our communities and our local areas and is always keen to encourage others to think about a career in Local Government whatever stage of their career they are at or their current sector experience.  She is a Fellow of CIPFA, and is currently the Interim Director of Finance and Operations (S151) at Cheltenham Borough Council.   Thanks to her interest and strengths around cultural and service change, especially assisting organisations on their improvement journeys and true transformation by ensuring finance is at the heart of organisations decision-making and through strong governance ethos, she currently enjoys working as an interim and takes it as an opportunity to learn from different organisations and take best practice from each and every place she goes.

Adele also likes to describe herself as an accidental runner who now gets as many questions about “which marathon is next” (Sierra Leone in October!) as she does about finance but she is also an extremely passionate volunteer in Girl Guiding which predates her Local Government career.  She believes she developed many of her leadership skills and ability to deal with wide-ranging and varied questions and queries through her weekly meetings with young people, which can often mirror working in Local Government!