The chief executives of Air Canada and Goodlife Fitness are among the latest inductees to the Canadian Business Hall of Fame.

Established in 1979, the CBHF recognizes the lifetime accomplishments of Canada's business leaders. The inductees are chosen by an independent selection committee on the basis of leadership excellence, ethics and citizenship.

Previous inductees include Magna International Inc. founder Frank Stronach, Quebecor Inc. founder Pierre Péladeau, ATCO Ltd. President and CEO Nancy Southern, and George Cope, the CEO of BCE Inc., which is the parent of BNN Bloomberg.

Here’s the complete list of inductees for 2020.

1. Calin Rovinescu, CEO, Air Canada

Rovinescu has led the country’s largest airline since April 2009. Since then, he’s turned its $3.7-billion pension deficit into a surplus, and substantially increased the company’s revenues. The airline’s share price has dramatically risen under Rovinescu’s leadership from $0.78 when he took the helm to nearly $50 today. Before joining Air Canada, Rovinescu was the managing partner of law firm Stikeman Elliott LLP, where he spent more than 20 years practicing in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions.

2. David Patchell-Evans, founder and CEO, Goodlife Fitness

Patchell-Evans started Goodlife as a single fitness club while still a student at Western University in 1979. Now with over 400 locations across Canada, Goodlife has become the largest fitness club chain in the country, the fourth-largest in the world, and the largest owned by a single individual. Known as “Patch,” the fitness guru also started GoodLife Kids Foundation, an organization aimed at helping children adopt healthy lifestyles through grants to physical activity programs across the country. He has given more than $25 million to various non-profits across Canada.

3. Zita Cobb, founder and CEO, Shorefast Foundation and Fogo Island Inn

A social entrepreneur from Fogo Island, N.L., Cobb is well recognized for her work with JDS Fitel, subsequently known as JDS Uniphase, where she contributed to building the company into a successful high-tech innovator. After she retired, Cobb returned to Fogo Island, where she created the Shorefast Foundation, an organization that aims to build a more economically resilient future for the community. In 2016, Cobb was awarded the Order of Canada for her work with Shorefast. Cobb also developed the Fogo Island Inn, a social enterprise that attracts tourists from all over the world.

4. Gordon Gray, chairman and former CEO, Royal LePage

Gordon Gray has 38 years of leadership under his belt and helped build Royal LePage into the real estate giant it is today. From controller to CEO and then chairman, he grew the company to more 12,000 employees from 78. Gray helped form the company’s commercial division and was key in developing the Hummingbird Centre, the Toronto-Dominion Centre, and Royal Bank Plaza in downtown Toronto.  In addition to his portfolio of corporate directorships, Gray and his wife Patricia are active philanthropists for a number of causes, including a foundation that donates half a million dollars annually to animal welfare causes.