Na’ím Anís Paymán is a Bahá’í of German and Iranian descent who grew up in Albania and later moved to the UK to pursue his studies. Paymán is a serial entrepreneur seeking to bring meaningful innovation to the world.
While studying Natural Sciences at Gonville & Caius College at the University of Cambridge, he set up Paymán Club, a provider of short-term accommodation in Cambridge and Oxford. After graduating, he oversaw the growth of the company to a number of cities across the UK and further afield. To support the ongoing growth while retaining a high standard of service, he felt it necessary to adopt state-of-the-art software.
After extensive research, the team at Keezark, were unable to find a software provider that met their real-world needs as multi-location serviced apartment providers and managers of hospitality businesses. Paymán thus decided to start developing software by serviced apartment providers, for serviced apartment providers. Besides wanting to have a powerful Property Management System and Channel Manager, he also felt it important to create a piece of kit that enabled everyone to grow their direct bookings. Hence, he founded Zeevou as a truly encompassing automation hub for hospitality providers.
Since its launch in 2020, Zeevou has won the Most Innovative New Hospitality Technology award at the Innovation & Excellence Awards 2020, the Best Channel Manager award at Shortyz 2020, The Best Hospitality Management Automation Platform 2020, and even picked up VRMB’s Keystone Awards 2021 as Best Small- to Mid-Sized RPMS.
Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and a subsequent shrinkage of buyer activity in the hotel market, Paymán began purchasing hotels and guesthouses across the UK. As the number of good deals available outpaced the funds at hand, the idea of Paymán Investments was born.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing the clarinet and classical guitar, exploring traditional Persian chanting, as well as cooking and learning new languages. He is also involved in the running of a number of ancillary businesses, such as CustomEyes.me and Studenio, and has also contributed to setting up The Ward & Brown Foundation.