Tony ValdugaChief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer

Tony serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc. and Coastal States Bank. Prior to joining CSB in 2017, Tony was the CFO of Community & Southern Holdings, Inc. and Community & Southern Bank. Tony led the finance function to include treasury, financial profitability and analysis, shared-loss accounting and reporting, regulatory & investor reporting, tax and overall general accounting functions. Tony helped lead efforts around all M&A, to include the successful acquisition and integration of 3 failed banks purchased out of receivership from the FDIC, 3 branch acquisitions, and 3 open bank acquisitions. Prior to joining Community & Southern, Tony was with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP for 11 years. Tony was a leader within the Firm’s Banking and Capital Markets practice and had expertise in advising both public and private financial institutions on a wide range of issues including mergers & acquisitions, public offerings and filings, FDIC-assisted transaction accounting, integration and compliance, and other complex finance and accounting related matters. Tony earned his Bachelor of Science in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology.