Călin Rovinescu CM (born September 16, 1955), served as the president and chief executive officer of Air Canada from April 2009 to February 2021.

Before joining Air Canada, Rovinescu was the managing partner of Montreal law firm Stikeman Elliott LLP, and for over 20 years practiced in the areas of corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions.

While a lawyer at Stikeman Elliott LLP, Rovinescu served as lead external counsel on Air Canada's privatization and public offering in 1988 and continued advising the airline on significant transactions and events thereafter.

Rovinescu is broadly credited with having saved Air Canada from bankruptcy and having set it on a course for sustainable profitability, better labour relations and continued success.

[14] In addition, it won numerous other awards including Air Transport World's 2018 Eco Airline of the Year[15] and is one of Canada's Top Employers.

[16] On October 3, 2019, together with his wife Elaine, he announced the creation of the Rovinescu Admission Scholarships for new Canadians, to benefit students at both the University of Ottawa and Université de Montréal through a gift of $2M, to be divided equally between the two institutions.

In addition, in 2016, he was named Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year by Financial Post Magazine,[20] the country's preeminent award for chief executives, founded in 1990 to identify and recognize exemplary leadership and achievement in business.