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 64 347 406 58 66 3711 4765 489 588
1962 63 521 618 93 100 4232 5383 582 688
1963 62 604 736 91 111 4836 6119 673 799
1964 61 589 722 105 127 5425 6841 778 926
1965 60 572 669 89 96 5997 7510 867 1022
1966 59 513 591 83 98 6510 8101 950 1120
1967 58 521 598 101 119 7031 8699 1051 1239
1968 57 632 734 111 119 7663 9433 1162 1358
1969 56 576 682 106 125 8239 10115 1268 1483
1970 55 637 727 168 192 8876 10842 1436 1675
1971 54 629 733 153 183 9505 11575 1589 1858
1972 53 619 713 161 180 10124 12288 1750 2038
1973 52 576 669 126 141 10700 12957 1876 2179
1974 51 605 668 155 162 11305 13625 2031 2341
1975 50 512 579 138 152 11817 14204 2169 2493
1976 49 484 543 118 127 12301 14747 2287 2620
1977 48 460 518 108 112 12761 15265 2395 2732
1978 47 466 514 140 153 13227 15779 2535 2885
1979 46 426 477 108 119 13653 16256 2643 3004
1980 45 421 482 130 158 14074 16738 2773 3162
1981 44 411 457 121 132 14485 17195 2894 3294
1982 43 407 452 106 112 14892 17647 3000 3406
1983 42 374 406 117 128 15266 18053 3117 3534
1984 41 317 341 100 106 15583 18394 3217 3640
1985 40 279 308 75 76 15862 18702 3292 3716
1986 39 258 281 95 103 16120 18983 3387 3819
1987 38 240 256 80 87 16360 19239 3467 3906
1988 37 184 195 57 59 16544 19434 3524 3965
1989 36 161 168 61 63 16705 19602 3585 4028
1990 35 116 124 49 50 16821 19726 3634 4078
1991 34 84 90 28 29 16905 19816 3662 4107
1992 33 79 87 33 34 16984 19903 3695 4141
1993 32 54 59 29 32 17038 19962 3724 4173
1994 31 47 48 15 15 17085 20010 3739 4188
1995 30 41 46 14 16 17126 20056 3753 4204
1996 29 19 19 7 7 17145 20075 3760 4211
1997 28 13 13 7 7 17158 20088 3767 4218
1998 27 19 19 12 12 17177 20107 3779 4230
1999 26 7 7 2 2 17184 20114 3781 4232
2000 25 4 4 2 2 17188 20118 3783 4234
2001 24 3 3 0 0 17191 20121 3783 4234
2002 23 2 2 2 2 17193 20123 3785 4236

Male Female Total
Directors 13408 3785 17193
Seats 15887 4236 20123
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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