The Essential Calin Rovinescu

BORN: 1955 in Bucharest, Romania EDUCATION: LL.B. from the University of Ottawa in 1980; LL.L. from the University of Montreal in 1978; D.E.C. from McGill University in 1974. He has also received Honorary Doctorate of Laws degrees from the University of Ottawa and University of Montreal, both awarded in 2014. CAREER: Appointed CEO and president of Air Canada on April 1, 2009. First joined Air Canada in 2000 as executive vice-president, Corporate Devel- opment & Strategy, and oversaw the airline’s loyalty management (Aeroplan), regional carriers (Jazz) and maintenance, repair and overhaul. He was also responsible for a number of corporate functions including legal, IT, e-commerce, people, labour, government affairs, communications, alliances and corporate secretariat. From 20032004, he was Air Canada’s chief restructuring officer. In between his two tenures at Air Canada, he was co-founder and principal of Genuity Capital Markets. Prior to joining Air Canada, he was managing partner at law firm Stikeman Elliott in Mon- treal, where he practised law for more than 20 years in the areas of corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. 2015 FIXED

COMPENSATION: $6.4 million BOARDS: Chairman of the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board, the world’s largest global airline alliance, International Air Transport Association and Business Council of Canada AIR CANADA 2015 REVENUE: $13.9 billion AIR CANADA 2015 PROFIT: $303 million AIR CANADA 2015 ASSETS: $13.1 billion FP500 RANK: 28