Slide 1: Filing cover letter to BSE and NSE
QCL/SEC/2026-27/42 July 29, 2026 To, BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Exchange Plaza, Dalal Street, Bandra- Kurla Complex, Mumbai – 400 001 Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400 051 Security Code – 539978 NSE Symbol – QUESS Dear Sir/ Madam, Sub: Investors Present
Slide 2: Quess Corp Ltd Investor Presentation Q1FY27
Quess Corp Ltd Investor Presentation Q1FY27
Slide 3: Safe Harbour
Safe Harbour This presentation has been prepared by Quess Corp Limited (“Company") solely for information purposes without any regard to any specific objectives, financial situations or informational needs of any particular person. This presentation may not be copied, distributed or disseminated, di
Slide 4: Q1 FY27 Highlights
Q1 FY27 Highlights Headcount of 4,82,214 – India’s largest domestic staffing player Revenue at ₹ 4,182 Cr, growth of 15% YoY and 7% QoQ EBITDA at ₹ 85 Cr, growth of 21% YoY with margin of 2.02% PAT at ₹ 82 Cr and EPS at ₹ 5.5, growth of 61% YoY; Zero debt as of June’26 Received Income Tax refunds in
Slide 5: Table of Content
Table of Content 1 Company Overview 2 Financial updates 3 Segment wise updates 4 Growth Strategy QuessQuess Corp Corp Confidential © 2026. Confidential All Rights © 2026. Reserved. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 6: Company Overview
QUESS WINNING TOGETHER Company Overview
Slide 7: Quess – Tech enabled Workforce platform
Quess – Tech enabled Workforce platform Quess is one of the largest private- sector employers and a focused, tech- powered talent infrastructure company helping enterprises hire, manage, and scale talent across functions and industries. 8 4.82L+ 2,300+ 30K+ 1200+ Recruiters powered Countries Employe
Slide 8: Our Journey
Our Journey Objective Strategic Outcomes Position Quess as the preferred career and A focused, agile, and future-ready technology-driven talent partner organization built for long-term sustainable growth and shareholder value. 3- Way Demerger Expansion Focused Play Global Scale Initial Growth India’
Slide 9: Purpose That Powers Us: Our Mission and Vision
Purpose That Powers Us: Our Mission and Vision What differentiates us is not just our scale, but our mission and vision. Employment Opportunities Social Security We help job seekers find formal We provide social security benefits to a employment opportunities. wider employable population. Productivi
Slide 10: Large Scale Operations
Large Scale Operations General Staffing: ~469,000 Candidates sourced from Active Associates: Professional Staffing: ~7,000 700+ Districts across India ~482,000 Overseas Businesses: ~6,000 Recruiters: Monthly Onboarding: 700+ ~50,000+ Gross Adds 30+ Offices – Across India • Guwahati • Chandigarh • Pa
Slide 11: Quess Business Segments (Q1 FY27 figures)
Quess Business Segments (Q1 FY27 figures) Building a future-ready workforce ecosystem • Consumer, Retail & Telecom (CRT) • Manufacturing 4,69,368 ₹ 3,596 ₹ 51 General Staffing • Banking and Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI) (97%) (86%) (51%) • Construction • Digital & Technology Skills • Global
Slide 12: Board of Directors
Board of Directors Gopalakrishnan Ajit Isaac Lohit Bhatia Anish Thurthi Soundarajan Non-Executive Chairman ED & Group Chief Executive Officer Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Founder of Quess Corp, with With 29+ years experience, Director, Fairbridge Capital MD, Hamblin Watsa Investment
Slide 13: Management Team
Management Team Lohit Bhatia Sunitha Neeraj Jain Namrata Sajnani Karthikeyan ED & Group Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating Officer Chief People Officer With 29+ years experience, Brings 20+ years in finance 18+ years in operational 10yrs in textile & auto leadership acro
Slide 14: Shareholding Pattern
Shareholding Pattern Promoters Ajit Isaac 57% Chairman and Non Executive Director Shareholding AIF 1.8% Non promoter shareholders* % Corporate bodies 0.8% FPI 8.6% Tata Mutual Fund 7.86% Others, Mutual Funds 0.1% Ashish Dhawan 4.90% 10.1% Ellipsis Partners LLC 3.91% Promoters 56.9% Bandhan Mutual Fu
Slide 15: Independence of Directors & Auditors
Independence of Directors & Auditors Auditors Independent Non-Executive Directors Directors 50% of Directors are Independent Non- Executive Executive Chairman Director Quess Corp Confidential © 2026. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 16: Market Opportunity for Quess
Market Opportunity for Quess India Staffing & Recruitment Services Growth Drivers $ Bn 49 Unorganized to Farm to non-Farm 40 Organized 30 CAGR 13% India expected to add GST collection up from 19 7.85 Mn non-farm jobs $103Bn in FY18 to 20 annually through 2030 $257Bn in FY25 (~2.7X) 10 0 2022 2030 Pr
Slide 17: Our Differentiators
Our Differentiators Market Credibility Robust Governance Your Trusted Partner for Scalable, & Transparency Structure Governance driven by a Board Compliant & Future-Ready Staffing Publicly listed organisation ensuring full regulatory of 8 Directors, including 4 Solutions compliance, transparency, an
Slide 18: India's Largest Staffing & Workforce Solutions provider
India’s Largest Staffing & Workforce Solutions provider 469K+ 55K+ associates deployed apprentices 70+ 24+ sourcing hubs for offices and extensive onboarding including a Tier 2 & 3 reach for centralised Center of faster onboarding Experience in Jaipur 30%+ 133K+ new entrants to the first-time worke
Slide 19: Quess IT Staffing & Solutions
Quess IT Staffing & Solutions India's leading technology workforce partner, delivering skilled IT talent and managed technology solutions to 300+ enterprises across 80+ cities. ~7,000 800+ Technology skill Associates deployed domains 450+ 30K+ Specialist IT Monthly talent recruiters outreach QuessQu
Slide 20: Quess Recruitment Services
Quess Recruitment Services India’s leading recruitment company with 15+ years of experience staffing executive professionals across levels and skillsets. Our RPO recruiters across India cover 800+ tech skills, deliver 8,000+ hires annually, and support both IT and Non-IT hiring. 250+ 15+ Clients RPO
Slide 21: Overseas Business
Overseas Business Global Expansion Engine 6k+ Associates across 7+Countries APAC • Singapore & Malaysia (Professional & General Staffing) • Philippines (Professional Staffing) • Sri Lanka (Professional & General Staffing) Middle East • Dubai and Abu-Dhabi (Professional + General Staffing) QuessQuess
Slide 22: Digital Platforms
Digital Platforms Job Platform for Mobile-first One of the largest Blue & Grey Collar HRMS Platform employee benefits Workforce platforms Transforming One of the largest employee learning tech-driven gig discovery platforms in India 12.6Mn+ Job 150K+ Daily 75K+ Gig Seekers On Active Users Worker Ham
Slide 23: Our Reach
Our Reach Among the top India’s biggest retail private banking & company by revenue and NBFC leaders driving store network hire from us. India’s largest telecom operator by subscriber World’s largest IT base and data services & consulting consumption hire from firm hire IT professionals us. from us.
Slide 24: Our Trusted Partners
Our Trusted Partners Telecom FMCG BPO/ITes Retail Lifesciences FMCD & Pharma E-Commerce Consulting & Logistics QuessQuess Corp Confidential © 2026. Corp Confidential All Rights © 2026. Reserved. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 25: Our Client Portfolio
Our Client Portfolio BFSI Manufacturing IT Services Automotive Quess CorpCorp Quess Confidential © 2026. Confidential All Rights © 2026. Reserved. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 26: Awards earned by Team
Awards earned by Team Ranked #1 In SIA’s top 100 largest staffing Ranked #2 among Trailblazer 2026 #19 Best Place to Certified Great Place to firms in India, 2025, India’s Top 10 Best India’s largest Award Winner & Work in India, 2025 | Work in 2026 – Ranked #37 top 100 workplace in Health employers
Slide 27: Value Creation (FY26 figures)
Value Creation (FY26 figures) Longstanding client People-First philosophy relationships 7th consecutive GPTW recognition 50% gender diversity in core ~2,200 clients with 30%+ more than 5 yrs employees tenure India’s Largest Staffing Shareholder Returns player Healthy ROE 20% Sustainable dividend pol
Slide 28: Financial Updates
QUESS WINNING TOGETHER Financial Updates
Slide 29: Q1 FY27 Financial Highlights
Q1 FY27 Financial Highlights (Figures in ₹ cr.) Revenue Q1 FY27 YoY QoQ Op. Margin Q1 FY27 YoY QoQ General Staffing 3,596 ▲ 15% ▲ 8% General Staffing 51 ▲ 12% ▼ 2% Professional Staffing 252 ▲ 3% ▲ 9% Professional Staffing 28 ▲ 12% ▼ 6% Overseas Business 333 ▲ 17% ▲ 0.2% Overseas Business 21 ▲ 17% ▼
Slide 30: Q1 FY27 Financial Updates
Q1 FY27 Financial Updates (Figures in ₹ cr.) Revenue EBITDA & Margin % 15% 21% 100 4,182 86 85 90 77 80 80 70 70 3,930 3,892 3,832 60 2.0% 2.0% 2.2% 2.0% 50 1.9% 3,651 40 30 20 10 0 0% Q1'26 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q1'26 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 7% (2)% PAT & Margin % EPS (in ₹) 61% 61% 100 90 82 ₹ 5
Slide 31: Income Statement
Income Statement (Figures in ₹ cr.) Particulars Q1 FY2027 Q4 FY2026 QoQ Q1 FY2026 YoY Revenue 4,182 3,892 ▲7% 3,651 ▲15% EBITDA 85 86 ▼2% 70 ▲21% EBITDA Margin % 2.02% 2.22% -20bps 1.91% 11bps Depreciation 10 11 - 10 - Interest 14 14 - 10 - Other Income 26 6 - 5 - Exceptional Items - 1 - (2) - PBT 8
Slide 32: Segment-wise updates
QUESS WINNING TOGETHER Segment-wise updates
Slide 33: Financial Performance| General Staffing
Financial Performance| General Staffing (Figures in ₹ cr.) Revenue EBITDA & Margin % 15% 60 12% 55 52 51 3,597 50 46 46 45 45 3,409 3,328 40 3,317 35 3,122 1.6% 30 1.5% 1.4% 1.5% 25 1.3% 20 15 10 0% Q1'26 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q1'26 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 8% (2)% Key Developments • 86 new contrac
Slide 34: Operational Performance| General Staffing
Operational Performance| General Staffing (Figures in ₹ cr.) Associate : Core FTE Collect & Pay % 307 77% 76% 76% 76% 75% 286 279 270 273 Q1'26 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q1'26 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Sector-wise Concentration % Headcount (‘000) 15% 10% 8% 9% 7% 468 468 466 463 18% 18% 19% 19% 19% 441
Slide 35: Q1 FY27 Hiring snapshot (Quess Staffing Solutions)
Q1 FY27 Hiring snapshot (Quess Staffing Solutions) (Figures in ₹ cr.) Sector-wise State-wise Operational Metrics (Q1 vs Q4) Gross addition : ~ (104k vs 90K) Gross addition : ~ (104k vs 90k) ▲28,708 ▲17,626 MAHARASHTRA Industrials Female Gender Male ▲24,199 Retail ▲13,533 KARNATAKA ▲ 78% | vs 78% ▼ 2
Slide 36: Financial Performance| Professional Staffing
Financial Performance| Professional Staffing (Figures in ₹ cr.) Revenue EBITDA & Margin % 3% 35 12% 25% 252 244 30 30 29 28 230 232 27 224 25 25 12.5% 12.8% 20 12.2% 11.0% 10.2% 15 10 5% Q1'26 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q1'26 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 9% (-6)% Key Developments • Added 36 contracts during
Slide 37: Operational Performance| Professional Staffing
Operational Performance| Professional Staffing (Figures in ₹ cr.) Revenue Contribution % Sector-wise Concentration % 6% 8% 8% 8% 11% 9% 10% 11% 12% 11% 12% 13% 12% 12% 10% 18% 21% 21% 16% 17% 18% 21% 22% 28% 19% 18% 20% 21% 18% 16% 73% 22% 22% 20% 23% 69% 67% 67% 68% 17% 21% 23% 21% 21% 19% Q1'26 Q2
Slide 38: Financial Performance| Overseas Business
Financial Performance| Overseas Business (Figures in ₹ cr.) Revenue EBITDA & Margin % 17% 17% 332 333 22 21 21 20 20 290 290 284 18 18 18 16 7.0% 14 6.2% 6.2% 6.2% 6.2% 12 10 1% Q1'26 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q1'26 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 0.2% (1)% Key Developments • 37 new logos added with double di
Slide 39: Operational Performance| Overseas Business
Operational Performance| Overseas Business (Figures in ₹ cr.) Region-wise Revenue % Region-wise EBITDA % 23% 26% 28% 27% 27% 21% 19% 19% 19% 21% 20% 23% 25% 23% 23% 43% 44% 44% 46% 44% 55% 50% 48% 50% 50% 38% 38% 37% 33% 36% Q1'26 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q1'26 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Singapore ME RO
Slide 40: Growth Strategy
QUESS WINNING TOGETHER Growth Strategy
Slide 41: The Quess Story: Three Ideas
The Quess Story: Three Ideas A large, cash-generative volume engine, being simplified with technology and AI, and channelled into a higher-margin, skill-based future. 1 Volume 2 Simplification 3 Quess 2.0 The world's #1 workforce company Technology and Operations as one Volume + skill-based value Sc
Slide 42: Quess 2.0: Pivoting to Dollar-Linked Growth
Quess 2.0: Pivoting to Dollar-Linked Growth India has deep, credentialised talent; the world faces structural shortages. Quess is connecting the two through partner-led, capital-light corridors, shifting revenue mix toward dollar denominated, higher-margin business. The two-way corridor model Four c
Slide 43: The Quess 2.0 Global Talent Model
The Quess 2.0 Global Talent Model India's talent supply feeds two-way corridors that pull inbound GCC work into our Professional Staffing Business — shifting the revenue mix toward dollars. Downstream Revenue Mix → 1 India Talent Supply 2 Two-Way Corridors 3 Impact 4 USD Skilled, credentialised › Pa
Slide 44: Thank You
Thank You Quess is ready to power what’s next. enquiry@quesscorp.com 1800-572-3333
Slide 45: About Quess Corp
About Quess Corp D:\My Work\Template\Icons\Social Media\LinkedIN.png Established in Bengaluru in 2007, Quess Corp Limited (BSE: 539978, NSE: QUESS) is India’s largest and a global leader in staffing and workforce solutions. Quess leverages deep domain expertise and AI-driven digital platforms to hel