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Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy

GM of ANZ, SEA and India at Notion

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Andrew McCarthy is General Manager for ANZ, South East Asia and India at Notion, leading the company's growth across the region. He brings 20 years of sales and sales-leadership experience at hyper-growth technology companies, most recently as Head of Account Partners for LinkedIn APAC after multiple sales-leadership roles there, and earlier at Freelancer.com. He holds an MBA from IE Business School. On In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy, McCarthy discussed why Notion is betting on AI building blocks for its APAC customers, and he has since appeared on The High Flyers Podcast to talk about leading Notion across SEA, India and Australia/New Zealand.

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In their own words

From Why Notion Is Betting on AI Building Blocks – with Andrew McCarthy, GM ANZ at Notion · In The Blink Of AI
The ability to control how you work the software around your process, instead of changing your process to fit software, can unlock creativity and value.
▶ Why Notion Is Betting on AI Building Blocks – with Andrew McCarthy, GM ANZ at Notion

Career

  1. Now GM of ANZ, SEA and India · Notion
  2. Earlier · Scale-up Sales leader, APAC (account partnerships) · LinkedIn

Sources: curiositycentre.com

Key moments

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  1. 2:19 Meet Andrew McCarthy, GM of Notion for ANZ Asia
  2. 6:55 Why Notion Chose Sydney as Its APAC HQ
  3. 9:42 Notion’s Anti-SaaS Philosophy Why It Matters
  4. 12:58 The Real Notion Origin Story: From Near-Death to Kyoto
  5. 15:13 The Power of UI/UX the Race to the Application Layer
  6. 18:46 What Notion AI Can Do, And What Users Are Loving
  7. 20:07 Work as a Flow: The Case for Native AI Integration
  8. 20:20 Why Templates Are a Hidden Superpower
  9. 21:38 A Nepalese Student’s Side Hustle That Blew Andrew’s Mind
  10. 22:10 From Hype to Value: How to Cut Through the AI Noise

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In The Blink Of AI · 4 July 2025 Why Notion Is Betting on AI Building Blocks – with Andrew McCarthy, GM ANZ at Notion

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