Distribution of HK-listed directors by age

This table summarises the age distribution of directors of HK primary-listed companies on any snapshot date since 1-Jan-1990. Biographies were not required in annual reports until 1995, so some age data is missing for directors who resigned before that. Biographies were not required upon appointment until 31-Mar-2004, so if a director was appointed and left between successive annual reports, then he could avoid his biography being published.

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Year
of
birth
Age
in
2023
No.
of
dirs
Total
seats
held
Female Female
seats
Cumul-
ative
dirs
Cumul-
ative
seats
Cumul-
ative
females
Cumul-
ative
female
seats
? ? 4 4 2 2 4 4 2 2
1917 106 1 2 1 2 5 6 3 4
1919 104 1 1 1 1 6 7 4 5
1920 103 1 1 0 0 7 8 4 5
1924 99 1 1 0 0 8 9 4 5
1925 98 1 4 1 4 9 13 5 9
1927 96 1 2 0 0 10 15 5 9
1928 95 2 2 0 0 12 17 5 9
1929 94 2 3 0 0 14 20 5 9
1930 93 3 4 0 0 17 24 5 9
1931 92 2 2 0 0 19 26 5 9
1932 91 1 1 0 0 20 27 5 9
1933 90 3 3 0 0 23 30 5 9
1934 89 7 10 0 0 30 40 5 9
1935 88 6 9 0 0 36 49 5 9
1936 87 12 16 4 4 48 65 9 13
1937 86 11 16 0 0 59 81 9 13
1938 85 21 28 1 1 80 109 10 14
1939 84 22 36 2 3 102 145 12 17
1940 83 25 44 3 3 127 189 15 20
1941 82 30 39 3 4 157 228 18 24
1942 81 35 42 4 6 192 270 22 30
1943 80 46 54 3 3 238 324 25 33
1944 79 54 64 5 5 292 388 30 38
1945 78 71 102 8 12 363 490 38 50
1946 77 102 139 5 5 465 629 43 55
1947 76 111 151 11 12 576 780 54 67
1948 75 141 196 16 21 717 976 70 88
1949 74 150 235 14 18 867 1211 84 106
1950 73 175 238 10 12 1042 1449 94 118
1951 72 195 291 18 22 1237 1740 112 140
1952 71 203 265 21 28 1440 2005 133 168
1953 70 231 310 28 39 1671 2315 161 207
1954 69 289 376 24 31 1960 2691 185 238
1955 68 345 458 36 44 2305 3149 221 282
1956 67 297 362 34 38 2602 3511 255 320
1957 66 365 462 47 56 2967 3973 302 376
1958 65 335 412 43 47 3302 4385 345 423
1959 64 314 395 46 50 3616 4780 391 473
1960 63 347 438 55 63 3963 5218 446 536
1961 62 406 473 56 62 4369 5691 502 598
1962 61 593 699 79 83 4962 6390 581 681
1963 60 743 875 82 99 5705 7265 663 780
1964 59 707 858 99 123 6412 8123 762 903
1965 58 587 708 76 81 6999 8831 838 984
1966 57 531 618 76 90 7530 9449 914 1074
1967 56 534 623 90 104 8064 10072 1004 1178
1968 55 622 723 105 110 8686 10795 1109 1288
1969 54 592 704 86 100 9278 11499 1195 1388
1970 53 601 696 125 152 9879 12195 1320 1540
1971 52 613 709 132 152 10492 12904 1452 1692
1972 51 595 679 133 143 11087 13583 1585 1835
1973 50 576 659 118 122 11663 14242 1703 1957
1974 49 530 602 115 118 12193 14844 1818 2075
1975 48 466 538 99 109 12659 15382 1917 2184
1976 47 432 488 89 93 13091 15870 2006 2277
1977 46 417 476 82 87 13508 16346 2088 2364
1978 45 400 439 99 107 13908 16785 2187 2471
1979 44 361 415 87 95 14269 17200 2274 2566
1980 43 355 408 93 103 14624 17608 2367 2669
1981 42 329 385 92 102 14953 17993 2459 2771
1982 41 322 362 66 68 15275 18355 2525 2839
1983 40 284 317 81 92 15559 18672 2606 2931
1984 39 236 249 64 65 15795 18921 2670 2996
1985 38 220 244 57 57 16015 19165 2727 3053
1986 37 185 197 57 59 16200 19362 2784 3112
1987 36 168 174 40 40 16368 19536 2824 3152
1988 35 126 133 35 37 16494 19669 2859 3189
1989 34 115 118 46 48 16609 19787 2905 3237
1990 33 75 81 27 28 16684 19868 2932 3265
1991 32 65 71 22 23 16749 19939 2954 3288
1992 31 57 60 16 16 16806 19999 2970 3304
1993 30 31 34 11 11 16837 20033 2981 3315
1994 29 22 22 6 6 16859 20055 2987 3321
1995 28 23 25 7 7 16882 20080 2994 3328
1996 27 5 5 2 2 16887 20085 2996 3330
1997 26 7 7 4 4 16894 20092 3000 3334
1998 25 6 6 4 4 16900 20098 3004 3338
1999 24 3 3 1 1 16903 20101 3005 3339
2000 23 1 1 0 0 16904 20102 3005 3339

Male Female Total
Directors 13899 3005 16904
Seats 16763 3339 20102
Average seats 1.206 1.111 1.189
Share of directors 82.22% 17.78% 100.00%
Share of seats 83.39% 16.61% 100.00%
Average age in 2023 55.8 51.5 55.0

Note: the average age excludes any people whose ages are unknown.


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