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 75 147 193 12 13 818 1110 80 98
1951 74 158 239 15 19 976 1349 95 117
1952 73 176 228 22 29 1152 1577 117 146
1953 72 189 255 26 36 1341 1832 143 182
1954 71 231 291 25 33 1572 2123 168 215
1955 70 301 404 32 43 1873 2527 200 258
1956 69 257 310 33 37 2130 2837 233 295
1957 68 325 397 44 51 2455 3234 277 346
1958 67 293 360 43 49 2748 3594 320 395
1959 66 301 369 48 57 3049 3963 368 452
1960 65 322 404 64 71 3371 4367 432 523
1961 64 347 406 58 66 3718 4773 490 589
1962 63 522 619 93 100 4240 5392 583 689
1963 62 606 738 91 111 4846 6130 674 800
1964 61 589 722 105 127 5435 6852 779 927
1965 60 573 670 89 96 6008 7522 868 1023
1966 59 514 592 83 98 6522 8114 951 1121
1967 58 523 600 101 119 7045 8714 1052 1240
1968 57 634 736 111 119 7679 9450 1163 1359
1969 56 576 682 106 125 8255 10132 1269 1484
1970 55 637 729 168 192 8892 10861 1437 1676
1971 54 630 734 153 183 9522 11595 1590 1859
1972 53 619 713 161 180 10141 12308 1751 2039
1973 52 578 673 126 141 10719 12981 1877 2180
1974 51 606 669 155 162 11325 13650 2032 2342
1975 50 512 580 138 153 11837 14230 2170 2495
1976 49 484 543 118 127 12321 14773 2288 2622
1977 48 461 519 108 112 12782 15292 2396 2734
1978 47 467 515 141 154 13249 15807 2537 2888
1979 46 427 478 108 119 13676 16285 2645 3007
1980 45 422 483 131 159 14098 16768 2776 3166
1981 44 413 459 121 132 14511 17227 2897 3298
1982 43 407 452 106 112 14918 17679 3003 3410
1983 42 374 406 117 128 15292 18085 3120 3538
1984 41 317 341 100 106 15609 18426 3220 3644
1985 40 280 309 75 76 15889 18735 3295 3720
1986 39 258 281 95 103 16147 19016 3390 3823
1987 38 240 256 80 87 16387 19272 3470 3910
1988 37 184 195 57 59 16571 19467 3527 3969
1989 36 161 168 61 63 16732 19635 3588 4032
1990 35 116 124 49 50 16848 19759 3637 4082
1991 34 84 90 28 29 16932 19849 3665 4111
1992 33 79 87 33 34 17011 19936 3698 4145
1993 32 54 59 29 32 17065 19995 3727 4177
1994 31 47 48 15 15 17112 20043 3742 4192
1995 30 41 46 14 16 17153 20089 3756 4208
1996 29 19 19 7 7 17172 20108 3763 4215
1997 28 13 13 7 7 17185 20121 3770 4222
1998 27 19 19 12 12 17204 20140 3782 4234
1999 26 7 7 2 2 17211 20147 3784 4236
2000 25 4 4 2 2 17215 20151 3786 4238
2001 24 3 3 0 0 17218 20154 3786 4238
2002 23 2 2 2 2 17220 20156 3788 4240

Male Female Total
Directors 13432 3788 17220
Seats 15916 4240 20156
Average seats 1.185 1.119 1.170
Share of directors 78.00% 22.00% 100.00%
Share of seats 78.96% 21.04% 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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