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
2015		 No.
of
dirs		 Total
seats
held		 Female Female
seats		 Cumul-
ative
dirs		 Cumul-
ative
seats		 Cumul-
ative
females		 Cumul-
ative
female
seats
1917 98 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
1919 96 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3
1920 95 1 1 0 0 3 4 2 3
1921 94 1 2 0 0 4 6 2 3
1923 92 4 4 0 0 8 10 2 3
1924 91 3 4 0 0 11 14 2 3
1925 90 3 8 1 4 14 22 3 7
1926 89 4 4 0 0 18 26 3 7
1927 88 5 6 3 3 23 32 6 10
1928 87 9 15 2 2 32 47 8 12
1929 86 8 10 0 0 40 57 8 12
1930 85 10 14 0 0 50 71 8 12
1931 84 6 6 0 0 56 77 8 12
1932 83 14 16 0 0 70 93 8 12
1933 82 11 15 1 1 81 108 9 13
1934 81 22 31 1 1 103 139 10 14
1935 80 22 34 1 1 125 173 11 15
1936 79 38 49 4 4 163 222 15 19
1937 78 26 39 1 1 189 261 16 20
1938 77 49 61 3 3 238 322 19 23
1939 76 53 75 5 7 291 397 24 30
1940 75 52 87 4 4 343 484 28 34
1941 74 62 87 5 5 405 571 33 39
1942 73 68 90 2 3 473 661 35 42
1943 72 80 102 2 2 553 763 37 44
1944 71 98 119 5 6 651 882 42 50
1945 70 123 191 7 17 774 1073 49 67
1946 69 171 230 10 10 945 1303 59 77
1947 68 164 228 17 22 1109 1531 76 99
1948 67 201 301 17 22 1310 1832 93 121
1949 66 221 359 14 20 1531 2191 107 141
1950 65 252 339 8 11 1783 2530 115 152
1951 64 254 380 15 18 2037 2910 130 170
1952 63 241 326 18 28 2278 3236 148 198
1953 62 285 394 32 46 2563 3630 180 244
1954 61 339 422 34 42 2902 4052 214 286
1955 60 384 511 41 43 3286 4563 255 329
1956 59 394 468 39 42 3680 5031 294 371
1957 58 414 502 34 38 4094 5533 328 409
1958 57 388 473 34 44 4482 6006 362 453
1959 56 335 411 39 42 4817 6417 401 495
1960 55 349 466 43 51 5166 6883 444 546
1961 54 378 442 42 43 5544 7325 486 589
1962 53 578 681 66 71 6122 8006 552 660
1963 52 658 775 76 85 6780 8781 628 745
1964 51 606 744 75 89 7386 9525 703 834
1965 50 503 609 62 65 7889 10134 765 899
1966 49 399 471 63 67 8288 10605 828 966
1967 48 427 494 62 67 8715 11099 890 1033
1968 47 462 529 68 72 9177 11628 958 1105
1969 46 377 457 53 56 9554 12085 1011 1161
1970 45 382 426 73 84 9936 12511 1084 1245
1971 44 380 437 75 84 10316 12948 1159 1329
1972 43 315 371 68 72 10631 13319 1227 1401
1973 42 256 307 43 43 10887 13626 1270 1444
1974 41 249 274 54 54 11136 13900 1324 1498
1975 40 211 229 32 33 11347 14129 1356 1531
1976 39 187 211 42 42 11534 14340 1398 1573
1977 38 141 157 27 31 11675 14497 1425 1604
1978 37 136 155 33 35 11811 14652 1458 1639
1979 36 99 117 22 27 11910 14769 1480 1666
1980 35 99 109 27 30 12009 14878 1507 1696
1981 34 108 120 31 35 12117 14998 1538 1731
1982 33 66 76 15 16 12183 15074 1553 1747
1983 32 73 81 19 22 12256 15155 1572 1769
1984 31 61 65 16 18 12317 15220 1588 1787
1985 30 41 46 10 10 12358 15266 1598 1797
1986 29 33 34 12 12 12391 15300 1610 1809
1987 28 20 21 5 5 12411 15321 1615 1814
1988 27 18 20 6 6 12429 15341 1621 1820
1989 26 18 18 6 6 12447 15359 1627 1826
1990 25 7 7 2 2 12454 15366 1629 1828
1991 24 4 5 1 1 12458 15371 1630 1829
1992 23 5 5 2 2 12463 15376 1632 1831
1993 22 1 1 1 1 12464 15377 1633 1832

Male Female Total
Directors 10831 1633 12464
Seats 13545 1832 15377
Average seats 1.251 1.122 1.234
Share of directors 86.90% 13.10% 100.00%
Share of seats 88.09% 11.91% 100.00%
Average age in 2015 53.7 49.1 53.1

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

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