Meet the Management Team
Rehana Din is a values-based leader with more than two decades of experience leading in complex environments across the public and private sectors. She is known for combining her strong business acumen with an authentic, inclusive leadership style, and for helping organizations advance through operational improvement, innovation, financial transformation and resilience.
Before being named PavCo’s new President and CEO, effective May 9, 2026, Rehana has served as the organization’s Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary from 2013 to 2021 and, for the last five years, as its Chief Operating Officer. Before joining PavCo, Rehana served as the Chief Financial Officer at Gateway Casinos & Entertainment.
Rehana’s dedication to the broader tourism industry is evident in her role as the current Chair of the Board for Destination Vancouver and as a former member of the Audit Committee for Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. In 2025, Rehana was honoured to receive the King Charles III Coronation Medal for her significant contributions to our community and province.
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Curt Walker serves as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo). As the CFO, Curt oversees several departments including Finance, Procurement, Legal, Records Management, Enterprise Applications, and IT Services. He first joined the organization in 2018 as Senior Director, Finance.
Curt brings an extensive background in tourism, hospitality, event management, and First Nations government. Prior to joining PavCo, Curt held senior finance and executive roles at organizations such as Whistler Blackcomb, Pan Pacific Hotels, Raintree Resorts, Lil’wat First Nation, and the First Nations Health Authority. Passionate about leadership development, Curt has served as a moderator, instructor, and session leader in both the Chartered Professional Accountant Association and the School of Business at Capilano University.
He is active in the community, with Board service and advisory roles held in the not-for-profit sector with the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation, Whistler Sports Legacies, the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, and St. Pius X Elementary School. Curt is a Fellow of the Society of the Chartered Professional Accountants (FCPA, FCMA), holds an Executive MBA from Queen’s University, and Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University.
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Joining BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo) in 2022, Chris May serves as General Manager of BC Place Stadium bringing over 15 years of strategic leadership experience in executing diverse, large-scale events for international markets.
Chris has planned, managed and provided strategic direction for major live events in markets across the globe. From live concerts, musicals, TV telethons, and special events, to international touring logistics, he has ensured the successful execution of events selling in excess of 7 million tickets, and free public events attended by millions more. Career highlights include tours with the Dave Matthew Band, Jack Johnson, and Xavier Rudd.
Previously, Chris served as Vice President, Delivery and Production, and Executive Producer, at SDImktg where he led the development of long-term major event strategies for new and existing clients, as well as guided execution for the agency’s portfolio for major events such as Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour. Before joining SDImktg, Chris acted as Senior Director of Touring Operations with Cirque Du Soleil, responsible for arena touring shows Saltimbanco, Alegria, and Varekai. He also managed the company’s first tours to 23 new markets including Qatar, Turkey, Lebanon and Hungary.
Chris also works extensively with Embers, a Social Enterprise based in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside that provides employment opportunities to individuals with barriers to employment, serving as Secretary of the Board of Directors. Additionally, he is on the Board of Directors for Firehall Arts Centre where he provides governance and leadership for the venue, which hosts two hundred performances each year in the heart of the Downtown Eastside.
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An internationally respected facility manager and major event organizer with over 25 years of experience, Craig Lehto joined the Vancouver Convention Centre as the Assistant General Manager in August 2011. As General Manager of the award-winning Vancouver Convention Centre, Craig is responsible for overall event operations and service management, supplier management as well as the re-establishing the Centre as the premier destination for meeting and events in North America.
Craig’s wealth of experience includes the planning and execution of three of North America’s largest Olympic Winter Games venues as well as post-Games high performance sport and revenue programs. From 2005 to 2010, he led a team of 1,200 as Director of Sliding Sports and Venue General Manager of the Whistler Sliding Centre, the official competition venue for luge, skeleton and bobsleigh at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Under Craig’s leadership, the Vancouver Convention Centre has secured and hosted some of the most globally renowned conventions, business meetings and other high profile events. These include TED Conferences 2014 to 2019; Women Deliver 2019; SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference 2011, 2014 and 2018; Professional Convention Management Association’s 2016 Convening Leaders; FIFA Women’s World Cup FOX Studio; and Grey Cup Festivals 2011 and 2014. He also led his team in accomplishing a significant sustainability achievement - the Vancouver Convention Centre becoming the first double LEED Platinum convention centre in the world.
Prior to coming to Vancouver, Craig served as Venue General Manager of the Utah Olympic Park during the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter Games. He has also consulted for various Games committees.
Craig is a two-time recipient of the Golden Olympic Rings from the President of the International Olympic Committee for outstanding contributions to the Olympic movement. He has also gained recognition from the Environmental and Public Health Alliance of Utah for extraordinary contributions to the planning and implementation of environmental and public health strategies for the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games.
Currently, Craig serves as a Board of Director for Convention Centres of Canada. He was also a Board Member and the Senior Vice-President of Venue and Games Operations for the 2014 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games.
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