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Andrew Mccarthy: General Manager for AU/NZ, South East Asia & India, Notion
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Published 11th June, 2025.
Andrew McCarthy is the General Manager (GM) for Australia/New Zealand, South East Asia and India at Notion. With over 20 years of sales and sales leadership experience — including helping launch LinkedIn in Asia Pacific — he’s played a key role in scaling some of the world’s fastest-growing tech companies. Outside of work, Andrew is a proud dad of three and a lifelong volunteer surf lifesaver.
This is Andrew's first ever in-depth interview.
It’s time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy.
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It’s now time to explore your curiosity.
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In this rare, long-form conversation, Andrew McCarthy opens up about:
▪️ Growing up in Sydney with two sisters, an entrepreneurial mum, and a grandfather who made everyone feel “worth it”
▪️ Rowing at dawn, flying to Harvard for trials, and turning down a US college offer to stay grounded in Sydney
▪️ Failing in San Francisco after Facebook crushed his startup and why that shaped his views on momentum and ego
▪️ Becoming LinkedIn’s top APAC salesperson, then navigating being redundant — before being rehired
▪️ Joining Notion to build again from scratch and what it really takes to localise a global product across Asia
▪️ Coaching teams to sell value, not features and why great sellers mix grit with creativity
▪️ Navigating NICU trauma with his wife and kids and why he now leads with empathy and clarity
▪️ How AI saves him hours daily and the three tools that power his workflow today
and lots more!
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