Background of The Board of Directors and Financial Intermediaries: Does It Contribute to The Performance of Islamic Banks?

This study aims to examine the effect of women's leadership, education level, financing, and investment on the profitability of Islamic banks. The type of data used is secondary data in the form of annual reports of Islamic banks for the 2016-2020 period. Data collection was carried out using purposive sampling so that the research sample was 12 Islamic banks. The analytical tool used in this panel data regression with dummy variables. The results showed that partial financing and investment have a positive and significant effect on the profitability of Islamic banks. However, women's leadership and education level do not affect profitability. Simultaneously, women's leadership, education level, financing, and investment influence profitability, and the results of the determination test show that the independent variables in the form of women's leadership, education level, financing, and investment can explain the dependent variable profitability by 99%. In comparison, the other 1% is explained by other variables not mentioned in this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]