...Waleed M. Al-ahdal; Hafiza Aishah Hashim Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the influence of audit committee characteristics and external audit quality on the performance of non-financial public limited companies listed on the National Stock Exchange 100. Design/methodology...

..., the following two research questions are developed: Also in relation to meeting frequency, it is noted by Abbot et al. (2003) that this relates positively with external audit fees, and AC independence and expertise. The particular relationship between AC expertise and audit fees is also examined...