Characteristics of audit committees and banking sector performance in GCC

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between bank performance and audit committee characteristics for banks in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) over the period from 2013 to 2017. Regression of ordinary least squares quantile (OLS) and regression of quantile data are used to test the relationship between bank performance as a dependent variable and certain independent variables. The results revealed that committee size has a significant impact on banks’ performance but the presence of women members, independent members, committee meetings, and the existence of qualified members do not. The current study is one of a few studies, which addresses the association between bank performance and audit committee characteristics for banks in GCC.