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. For a list of directors ranked by age, click here.

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Year
of
birth		 Age
in
2025		 No.
of
dirs		 Total
seats
held		 Female Female
seats		 Cumul-
ative
dirs		 Cumul-
ative
seats		 Cumul-
ative
females		 Cumul-
ative
female
seats
1917 108 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
1919 106 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3
1925 100 1 4 1 4 3 7 3 7
1930 95 2 3 0 0 5 10 3 7
1932 93 1 1 0 0 6 11 3 7
1933 92 1 1 0 0 7 12 3 7
1934 91 5 8 0 0 12 20 3 7
1935 90 4 5 0 0 16 25 3 7
1936 89 9 11 2 2 25 36 5 9
1937 88 8 12 0 0 33 48 5 9
1938 87 15 20 1 1 48 68 6 10
1939 86 13 23 2 2 61 91 8 12
1940 85 22 33 3 3 83 124 11 15
1941 84 22 29 4 5 105 153 15 20
1942 83 23 28 4 6 128 181 19 26
1943 82 33 39 3 3 161 220 22 29
1944 81 42 48 3 3 203 268 25 32
1945 80 58 81 8 10 261 349 33 42
1946 79 86 109 3 3 347 458 36 45
1947 78 82 109 9 10 429 567 45 55
1948 77 118 166 13 17 547 733 58 72
1949 76 124 184 10 13 671 917 68 85
1950 75 146 192 12 13 817 1109 80 98
1951 74 157 238 15 19 974 1347 95 117
1952 73 175 227 22 29 1149 1574 117 146
1953 72 189 255 26 36 1338 1829 143 182
1954 71 231 291 25 33 1569 2120 168 215
1955 70 301 404 32 43 1870 2524 200 258
1956 69 255 308 32 36 2125 2832 232 294
1957 68 324 396 44 51 2449 3228 276 345
1958 67 293 360 43 49 2742 3588 319 394
1959 66 300 367 48 57 3042 3955 367 451
1960 65 322 404 64 71 3364 4359 431 522
1961 64 346 405 58 66 3710 4764 489 588
1962 63 520 616 93 100 4230 5380 582 688
1963 62 603 735 91 111 4833 6115 673 799
1964 61 589 722 105 127 5422 6837 778 926
1965 60 572 669 89 96 5994 7506 867 1022
1966 59 513 591 83 98 6507 8097 950 1120
1967 58 521 598 101 119 7028 8695 1051 1239
1968 57 631 733 111 119 7659 9428 1162 1358
1969 56 575 681 106 125 8234 10109 1268 1483
1970 55 637 727 168 192 8871 10836 1436 1675
1971 54 629 733 153 183 9500 11569 1589 1858
1972 53 617 711 161 180 10117 12280 1750 2038
1973 52 576 669 126 141 10693 12949 1876 2179
1974 51 605 668 155 162 11298 13617 2031 2341
1975 50 512 579 138 152 11810 14196 2169 2493
1976 49 484 543 118 127 12294 14739 2287 2620
1977 48 460 518 108 112 12754 15257 2395 2732
1978 47 466 514 140 153 13220 15771 2535 2885
1979 46 425 476 107 118 13645 16247 2642 3003
1980 45 421 482 130 158 14066 16729 2772 3161
1981 44 411 457 121 132 14477 17186 2893 3293
1982 43 404 449 104 110 14881 17635 2997 3403
1983 42 374 406 117 128 15255 18041 3114 3531
1984 41 317 341 100 106 15572 18382 3214 3637
1985 40 279 308 75 76 15851 18690 3289 3713
1986 39 258 281 95 103 16109 18971 3384 3816
1987 38 240 256 80 87 16349 19227 3464 3903
1988 37 184 195 57 59 16533 19422 3521 3962
1989 36 161 168 61 63 16694 19590 3582 4025
1990 35 116 124 49 50 16810 19714 3631 4075
1991 34 84 90 28 29 16894 19804 3659 4104
1992 33 78 86 33 34 16972 19890 3692 4138
1993 32 54 59 29 32 17026 19949 3721 4170
1994 31 47 48 15 15 17073 19997 3736 4185
1995 30 41 46 14 16 17114 20043 3750 4201
1996 29 19 19 7 7 17133 20062 3757 4208
1997 28 13 13 7 7 17146 20075 3764 4215
1998 27 19 19 12 12 17165 20094 3776 4227
1999 26 7 7 2 2 17172 20101 3778 4229
2000 25 4 4 2 2 17176 20105 3780 4231
2001 24 3 3 0 0 17179 20108 3780 4231
2002 23 2 2 2 2 17181 20110 3782 4233

Male Female Total
Directors 13399 3782 17181
Seats 15877 4233 20110
Average seats 1.185 1.119 1.170
Share of directors 77.99% 22.01% 100.00%
Share of seats 78.95% 21.05% 100.00%
Average age in 2025 56.2 51.7 55.2

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

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