Quest Global Reports 90% Women in Technical Roles, Women in Leadership Roles Strengthens

Quest Global, the world’s largest independent pure-play engineering services company, today highlighted the growing impact of women engineers across its global workforce ahead of International Women’s Day 2026, underscoring measurable progress in technical representation, leadership inclusion, and employee retention.

Women represent 25% of Quest Global’s global workforce, with several locations demonstrating near-balanced gender representation. At the company’s Trivandrum center, one of the largest delivery centers for Quest Global, the workforce composition stands at 46% women and 54% men, reflecting a balanced and inclusive environment and its belief that diversity is a critical component to help solve its clients’ most complex engineering problems.

Notably, 90% of women employees at Quest Global are in technical roles meaning nine in ten women are directly engaged in engineering and technology functions. While women globally account for approximately 28% of the STEM workforce, Quest Global’s differentiator lies in the nature of participation, with women overwhelmingly embedded in core engineering roles rather than non-technical functions, reinforcing the company’s engineering-led talent model.

The company has also recorded measurable progress in leadership inclusion. Women’s share of promotions into managerial roles rose to 25% in 2025, up from 20% in 2024 marking a 5 percentage-point year-on-year increase between 2024 and 2025.

Quest Global has also seen significant improvement in employee retention across the organization. Overall voluntary attrition has declined sharply between FY24 and FY26 YTD, with women consistently recording lower attrition levels than men.

Female attrition has reduced substantially to 6% in FY26 YTD, compared to 18% in FY24, indicating stronger engagement, career continuity, and workplace stability for women.

Highlighting Quest Global’s focus on building inclusive engineering careers, Sonia Kutty, Senior Vice President – People & Culture, Quest Global, said “At Quest Global, our focus has been to ensure that women engineers are not just represented, but meaningfully engaged in core technical roles and leadership pathways. Seeing over 90% of our women employees contributing directly to engineering reflects our commitment to creating an environment where technical talent can thrive. The steady increase in women moving into managerial roles and the significant improvement in retention reinforce that inclusive growth is not a one-time initiative, but a sustained organizational priority.”

Ajit Prabhu, Co-founder & CEO, Quest Global, added, “Engineering innovation thrives on diverse perspectives, and increasing participation of women in technical roles is essential to solving the complex challenges industries face today. Our progress reflects a deliberate effort to build long-term careers for women engineers — from early talent development to leadership opportunities. As we look ahead, enabling more women to shape the future of engineering will remain central to how we build resilient teams and deliver impact for our customers and communities

Yumi Clevenger-Lee, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Sponsor of the “together” Employee Resource Group (ERG), Quest Global, said: “At Quest Global, building engineering excellence goes hand in hand with building inclusive career pathways. Enabling more women to participate and lead in core technical roles is essential to driving innovation and long-term impact. Our continued progress reflects a focused effort to create opportunities where women engineers can grow, contribute meaningfully, and advance into leadership. As we look ahead, strengthening diverse representation across engineering will remain central to how we shape the future.  My own progression within the organization reflects the strength of a performance-driven culture that prioritizes capability, leadership development, and long-term career growth.”

As industries globally navigate talent shortages and rapid technological transformation, strengthening participation of women in engineering roles is emerging as a critical growth driver. Quest Global’s workforce trends demonstrate how sustained focus on technical opportunity, leadership pathways, and retention can contribute to building a more inclusive engineering ecosystem.