1. Alister Henskens served as the New South Wales Minister for Skills and Training, the Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology, and the Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly in the second Perrottet ministry from December 2021 and March 2023.
Alister Henskens previously served as the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services between May and December 2021.
Alister Henskens's father immigrated to Australia from the Netherlands in 1951 while his mother was schooled in Ku-ring-gai.
Alister Henskens studied economics and law at the University of Sydney while residing at St Andrew's College, before receiving a master's degree in law from the University of Toronto on a Rotary Scholarship.
Alister Henskens practised as a solicitor from 1987 to 1996 and as a barrister thereafter, becoming Senior Counsel in 2011.
Alister Henskens specialised in general commercial, insolvency, banking, defamation, building and construction law.
Alister Henskens was a director of Basketball NSW from 1997 to 1998, and had a long involvement with local basketball organisations in Newcastle and Sydney.
Alister Henskens was Counsel Assisting the Equine Influenza Inquiry in 2008.
Alister Henskens was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 2015 state election, succeeding former Premier Barry O'Farrell in the safe Liberal seat of Ku-ring-gai.
Alister Henskens had won a closely fought Liberal preselection, with other contenders including radio presenter Jason Morrison.
Alister Henskens was re-elected as the Member for Ku-ring-gai at the 2019 state election.
Alister Henskens was until early 2017 the Chair of the Legislative Assembly Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, a member of the Legislation Review Committee and a member of the Committee on Investment, Industry and Regional Development.
Alister Henskens was in 2015 the Chair of the Select Committee on the Regulation of Brothels and a member of the Joint Select Committee on Companion Animal Breeding Practices.
Alister Henskens served as the Cabinet Secretary between 24 April 2019 and 27 May 2021, having previously served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Finance, Services and Property since 1 February 2017.
Alister Henskens was appointed to Cabinet in May 2021 as Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services, and further promoted again on 21 December 2021 as Minister for Skills and Training, the Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology, and as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly, in the Perrottet ministry.