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
1928 97 1 1 0 0 4 8 3 7
1930 95 2 3 0 0 6 11 3 7
1932 93 1 1 0 0 7 12 3 7
1933 92 1 1 0 0 8 13 3 7
1934 91 5 8 0 0 13 21 3 7
1935 90 5 7 0 0 18 28 3 7
1936 89 9 11 2 2 27 39 5 9
1937 88 8 12 0 0 35 51 5 9
1938 87 17 23 1 1 52 74 6 10
1939 86 14 24 2 2 66 98 8 12
1940 85 22 33 3 3 88 131 11 15
1941 84 22 29 4 5 110 160 15 20
1942 83 24 29 4 6 134 189 19 26
1943 82 35 41 3 3 169 230 22 29
1944 81 43 49 3 3 212 279 25 32
1945 80 60 83 8 10 272 362 33 42
1946 79 88 112 3 3 360 474 36 45
1947 78 83 110 9 10 443 584 45 55
1948 77 118 167 13 17 561 751 58 72
1949 76 127 190 10 13 688 941 68 85
1950 75 153 202 12 13 841 1143 80 98
1951 74 160 242 16 20 1001 1385 96 118
1952 73 179 231 22 29 1180 1616 118 147
1953 72 192 259 26 37 1372 1875 144 184
1954 71 234 297 25 33 1606 2172 169 217
1955 70 304 409 34 45 1910 2581 203 262
1956 69 261 320 33 37 2171 2901 236 299
1957 68 327 404 43 50 2498 3305 279 349
1958 67 296 364 45 51 2794 3669 324 400
1959 66 298 366 48 57 3092 4035 372 457
1960 65 326 409 63 70 3418 4444 435 527
1961 64 351 410 56 64 3769 4854 491 591
1962 63 522 622 92 100 4291 5476 583 691
1963 62 617 753 92 112 4908 6229 675 803
1964 61 607 742 105 127 5515 6971 780 930
1965 60 580 678 90 97 6095 7649 870 1027
1966 59 513 592 84 99 6608 8241 954 1126
1967 58 530 611 103 119 7138 8852 1057 1245
1968 57 631 736 112 121 7769 9588 1169 1366
1969 56 587 691 105 123 8356 10279 1274 1489
1970 55 638 727 166 190 8994 11006 1440 1679
1971 54 627 735 148 179 9621 11741 1588 1858
1972 53 626 719 162 179 10247 12460 1750 2037
1973 52 582 680 124 139 10829 13140 1874 2176
1974 51 609 677 152 160 11438 13817 2026 2336
1975 50 525 595 142 158 11963 14412 2168 2494
1976 49 477 534 118 127 12440 14946 2286 2621
1977 48 464 522 107 112 12904 15468 2393 2733
1978 47 456 502 138 151 13360 15970 2531 2884
1979 46 429 481 109 120 13789 16451 2640 3004
1980 45 414 473 131 158 14203 16924 2771 3162
1981 44 417 463 124 135 14620 17387 2895 3297
1982 43 404 450 101 106 15024 17837 2996 3403
1983 42 366 396 114 124 15390 18233 3110 3527
1984 41 312 336 97 104 15702 18569 3207 3631
1985 40 284 311 77 77 15986 18880 3284 3708
1986 39 262 284 95 104 16248 19164 3379 3812
1987 38 242 258 77 84 16490 19422 3456 3896
1988 37 174 184 51 54 16664 19606 3507 3950
1989 36 160 166 61 62 16824 19772 3568 4012
1990 35 114 122 49 50 16938 19894 3617 4062
1991 34 85 91 28 29 17023 19985 3645 4091
1992 33 79 86 34 34 17102 20071 3679 4125
1993 32 52 57 26 29 17154 20128 3705 4154
1994 31 43 44 15 15 17197 20172 3720 4169
1995 30 40 45 14 16 17237 20217 3734 4185
1996 29 17 17 6 6 17254 20234 3740 4191
1997 28 13 13 6 6 17267 20247 3746 4197
1998 27 17 17 10 10 17284 20264 3756 4207
1999 26 7 7 2 2 17291 20271 3758 4209
2000 25 5 5 1 1 17296 20276 3759 4210
2001 24 3 3 0 0 17299 20279 3759 4210
2002 23 2 2 2 2 17301 20281 3761 4212

Male Female Total
Directors 13540 3761 17301
Seats 16069 4212 20281
Average seats 1.187 1.120 1.172
Share of directors 78.26% 21.74% 100.00%
Share of seats 79.23% 20.77% 100.00%
Average age in 2025 56.3 51.8 55.3

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


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