Top 10 Women Global Leaders in Engineering - 2025

Women leaders in engineering are simultaneously making a larger contribution to the global future of innovation, infrastructure, and technology. Through their roles as leaders of transformational change, women leaders are challenging the status quo in engineering as the profession is adapting to a rapidly changing world of digitization, sustainability and automation. There are significant changes to the social landscape, as women leaders in engineering are ultimately changing the game in very male-dominated industries and affecting large and impactful decisions across the entire sector, from energy to aerospace to transportation to manufacturing.

Women in engineering leadership roles are not only actively contributing to the advancement of the engineering profession, but they are also exemplifying that they will not fit the stereotype of the engineer. Despite a history of barriers, women in engineering leadership positions are dismantling stereotypes and barriers to take leadership of global teams, multimillion-dollar projects, and key policy and technological reform. Their strategies take everything into account, they are technically proficient whilst working in a collaborative leadership style, bringing others along into a productive and engaging culture, including an inclusive workplace culture that leads to better business outcomes.

At a time when interdisciplinary problem-solving is required, women leaders in engineering have a holistic view of all relevant factors by integrating technical capability with empathy and resilience. Women leaders in engineering are also critical contributors to the world's problem-solving efforts, whether responding to challenges in climate change, sustainable development and smart infrastructure or considering approaches to digital transformation. As organizations around the world begin to realize the value of women in engineering leadership and the value of gender diversity in leadership positions, many women engineers are taking the leading role in driving innovation and organizational growth. The emergence of women in engineering leadership symbolizes the purposeful movement of a profession that is changing the narrative for the next generation to build, lead and innovate without boundaries.

In this issue, the Women Entrepreneurs Review magazine brings a list of ‘Top 10 Women Global Leaders in Engineering - 2025', who are domineers of change in the corporate realm of the country. This list of ten leading and inspiring women is crafted by a team of CEOs, VCs, and the editorial board, delivering inspiring stories of their journey and the contributions & roles played by them in the creation and empowerment of an economically powerful nation.