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 75 152 201 12 13 840 1142 80 98
1951 74 160 241 16 20 1000 1383 96 118
1952 73 178 230 22 29 1178 1613 118 147
1953 72 192 259 26 37 1370 1872 144 184
1954 71 234 297 25 33 1604 2169 169 217
1955 70 304 409 34 45 1908 2578 203 262
1956 69 262 321 33 37 2170 2899 236 299
1957 68 326 403 43 50 2496 3302 279 349
1958 67 296 364 45 51 2792 3666 324 400
1959 66 298 366 48 57 3090 4032 372 457
1960 65 326 410 63 70 3416 4442 435 527
1961 64 352 411 57 65 3768 4853 492 592
1962 63 523 623 93 101 4291 5476 585 693
1963 62 615 751 91 111 4906 6227 676 804
1964 61 607 742 105 127 5513 6969 781 931
1965 60 579 677 90 97 6092 7646 871 1028
1966 59 513 592 84 99 6605 8238 955 1127
1967 58 532 612 103 119 7137 8850 1058 1246
1968 57 630 735 112 121 7767 9585 1170 1367
1969 56 588 692 105 123 8355 10277 1275 1490
1970 55 637 727 166 190 8992 11004 1441 1680
1971 54 625 733 148 179 9617 11737 1589 1859
1972 53 627 720 162 179 10244 12457 1751 2038
1973 52 582 680 124 139 10826 13137 1875 2177
1974 51 610 678 152 160 11436 13815 2027 2337
1975 50 524 594 142 158 11960 14409 2169 2495
1976 49 478 535 118 127 12438 14944 2287 2622
1977 48 466 524 108 113 12904 15468 2395 2735
1978 47 456 502 138 151 13360 15970 2533 2886
1979 46 428 480 109 120 13788 16450 2642 3006
1980 45 415 474 131 158 14203 16924 2773 3164
1981 44 417 463 124 135 14620 17387 2897 3299
1982 43 402 448 101 106 15022 17835 2998 3405
1983 42 366 396 114 124 15388 18231 3112 3529
1984 41 312 336 97 104 15700 18567 3209 3633
1985 40 284 312 77 78 15984 18879 3286 3711
1986 39 261 283 94 103 16245 19162 3380 3814
1987 38 241 257 77 84 16486 19419 3457 3898
1988 37 174 184 51 54 16660 19603 3508 3952
1989 36 160 166 61 62 16820 19769 3569 4014
1990 35 116 124 49 50 16936 19893 3618 4064
1991 34 85 91 28 29 17021 19984 3646 4093
1992 33 80 87 34 34 17101 20071 3680 4127
1993 32 52 57 26 29 17153 20128 3706 4156
1994 31 43 44 15 15 17196 20172 3721 4171
1995 30 40 45 14 16 17236 20217 3735 4187
1996 29 17 17 6 6 17253 20234 3741 4193
1997 28 13 13 6 6 17266 20247 3747 4199
1998 27 17 17 10 10 17283 20264 3757 4209
1999 26 7 7 2 2 17290 20271 3759 4211
2000 25 5 5 1 1 17295 20276 3760 4212
2001 24 3 3 0 0 17298 20279 3760 4212
2002 23 2 2 2 2 17300 20281 3762 4214

Male Female Total
Directors 13538 3762 17300
Seats 16067 4214 20281
Average seats 1.187 1.120 1.172
Share of directors 78.25% 21.75% 100.00%
Share of seats 79.22% 20.78% 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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