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 82 108 9 10 429 566 45 55
1948 77 118 166 13 17 547 732 58 72
1949 76 124 184 10 13 671 916 68 85
1950 75 146 192 12 13 817 1108 80 98
1951 74 157 238 15 19 974 1346 95 117
1952 73 175 227 22 29 1149 1573 117 146
1953 72 189 255 26 36 1338 1828 143 182
1954 71 231 290 25 33 1569 2118 168 215
1955 70 301 402 32 43 1870 2520 200 258
1956 69 254 307 32 36 2124 2827 232 294
1957 68 323 395 43 50 2447 3222 275 344
1958 67 292 358 43 49 2739 3580 318 393
1959 66 300 367 48 57 3039 3947 366 450
1960 65 321 403 64 71 3360 4350 430 521
1961 64 346 404 58 66 3706 4754 488 587
1962 63 520 615 93 100 4226 5369 581 687
1963 62 603 734 91 111 4829 6103 672 798
1964 61 589 721 105 127 5418 6824 777 925
1965 60 570 667 88 95 5988 7491 865 1020
1966 59 511 587 83 97 6499 8078 948 1117
1967 58 520 596 101 118 7019 8674 1049 1235
1968 57 627 728 111 119 7646 9402 1160 1354
1969 56 574 680 105 124 8220 10082 1265 1478
1970 55 634 724 168 192 8854 10806 1433 1670
1971 54 626 729 151 181 9480 11535 1584 1851
1972 53 617 711 161 180 10097 12246 1745 2031
1973 52 576 669 126 141 10673 12915 1871 2172
1974 51 603 666 155 162 11276 13581 2026 2334
1975 50 509 576 138 152 11785 14157 2164 2486
1976 49 484 542 118 127 12269 14699 2282 2613
1977 48 456 513 107 111 12725 15212 2389 2724
1978 47 464 511 140 153 13189 15723 2529 2877
1979 46 422 472 107 118 13611 16195 2636 2995
1980 45 420 481 130 158 14031 16676 2766 3153
1981 44 411 456 121 131 14442 17132 2887 3284
1982 43 400 445 104 110 14842 17577 2991 3394
1983 42 373 405 117 128 15215 17982 3108 3522
1984 41 316 340 99 105 15531 18322 3207 3627
1985 40 277 306 75 76 15808 18628 3282 3703
1986 39 255 278 94 102 16063 18906 3376 3805
1987 38 239 255 80 87 16302 19161 3456 3892
1988 37 184 195 57 59 16486 19356 3513 3951
1989 36 160 167 60 62 16646 19523 3573 4013
1990 35 116 124 49 50 16762 19647 3622 4063
1991 34 84 90 28 29 16846 19737 3650 4092
1992 33 77 85 33 34 16923 19822 3683 4126
1993 32 54 59 29 32 16977 19881 3712 4158
1994 31 47 48 15 15 17024 19929 3727 4173
1995 30 41 46 14 16 17065 19975 3741 4189
1996 29 19 19 7 7 17084 19994 3748 4196
1997 28 13 13 7 7 17097 20007 3755 4203
1998 27 19 19 12 12 17116 20026 3767 4215
1999 26 7 7 2 2 17123 20033 3769 4217
2000 25 4 4 2 2 17127 20037 3771 4219
2001 24 3 3 0 0 17130 20040 3771 4219
2002 23 2 2 2 2 17132 20042 3773 4221

Male Female Total
Directors 13359 3773 17132
Seats 15821 4221 20042
Average seats 1.184 1.119 1.170
Share of directors 77.98% 22.02% 100.00%
Share of seats 78.94% 21.06% 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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