Dale Botting was born and raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and later attended high school in Saskatoon and undergraduate studies at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S). He has several university degrees in science, education, geography and planning, and post-graduate studies from the universities of Calgary and Saskatchewan.

Dale has a long distinguished career in the public service and economic development. He first worked with the Saskatchewan Department of Environment, and then became Prairie Region Manager for MacLaren Plansearch, a subsidiary of Lavalin Inc. In the early 1980’s Dale was back in government as senior executive for the Saskatchewan Government on resource policy, regulatory reform, and organizational development. He also helped plan and establish the former Department of Science and Technology.

From 1985 to 1996, Dale was at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) establishing its first provincial offices in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, while also building many programs for small business across all of Canada. He moved to Toronto, and then returned home as CFIB VP of Western Canada.

Dale headed the Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres (SARC) and its enterprise division, SARCAN Recycling from1996 to 1999. He then returned to economic development as the Executive Director of Strategic Sector Development for the Saskatchewan Government. Next he moved to become CEO of the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA) and later joined Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP) in November 2005, as President and CEO. Dale has also successfully run his own international consulting business, Botting Leadership and Development Corporation.

In December 2007, Dale was appointed the Deputy Minister in the new Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation and the Acting CEO of Enterprise Saskatchewan, after the Saskatchewan Party formed the new government. He has been tasked with the job of building the government’s new economic development agency.