Hank has an extensive background both operating and buying businesses. He founded de Jonge Read in 2006 and has strived to help companies to navigate the complicated world of bankruptcy. Hank had been buying and selling small businesses for most of his career. He was a running a successful business but everything changed in 2001 after September 11th. Tourism dropped dramatically in Australia and that put his company into insolvency. He found it difficult to find someone that could give him straightforward advice. Insolvency experts usually work for the creditors not the debtors. Once he emerged on the other side of that stressful experience he decided to found a firm that would help others avoid the difficulties he encountered.