William M. Comer, Jr., CPA
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer
William (Bill) M. Comer, Jr. brings over 26 years of accounting, finance, and general management experience in both publicly-held and privately-owned companies to American Specialty Health (ASH). As Chief Financial Officer, Bill is responsible for the management and oversight of all financial matters for ASH.
Prior to joining ASH in September 2008, Bill was vice president, audit and corporate compliance officer for Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (Valeant), a publicly-held pharmaceuticals company based in Aliso Viejo, CA. In this role, he was responsible on a global basis for managing Valeant’s internal audits, assuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 (SOx404) internal controls requirements, monitoring and reporting on financial and non-financial regulatory compliance matters, promoting ethical standards, and performing special investigations. Bill also formerly served as CFO of Valeant’s publicly-held research and development subsidiary, where he managed its accounting and financial operations, implemented SOx 404, participated in the initial implementation of several multi-million dollar global clinical trials, and started and managed a distributions company in Southeast Asia.
Bill has worked as CFO for several companies in the health care services industry, with a significant concentration on provider management organizations, including, among others, Premier Practice Management (PPM), Inc., which was a national physician practice management company based in San Diego, CA, and Presbyterian Healthcare Associates Corporation, a physician-hospital organization based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Bill is accomplished in mergers, acquisitions and start-ups, and is highly regarded for his team building skills. Over a four year period, he performed due diligence at PPM on over 250 companies throughout the U.S., using a specially developed streamlined approach which saved significant amounts of annually recurring costs payable to external consulting firms to perform due diligence.
Bill spent eight years with two of the original Big 8 accounting firms. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina and a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of South Carolina. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association.