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 64 346 405 58 66 3710 4764 489 588
1962 63 520 616 93 100 4230 5380 582 688
1963 62 603 734 91 111 4833 6114 673 799
1964 61 589 722 105 127 5422 6836 778 926
1965 60 571 668 88 95 5993 7504 866 1021
1966 59 513 591 83 98 6506 8095 949 1119
1967 58 521 598 101 119 7027 8693 1050 1238
1968 57 630 732 111 119 7657 9425 1161 1357
1969 56 575 681 106 125 8232 10106 1267 1482
1970 55 637 727 168 192 8869 10833 1435 1674
1971 54 628 732 153 183 9497 11565 1588 1857
1972 53 617 711 161 180 10114 12276 1749 2037
1973 52 576 669 126 141 10690 12945 1875 2178
1974 51 605 668 155 162 11295 13613 2030 2340
1975 50 512 579 138 152 11807 14192 2168 2492
1976 49 484 543 118 127 12291 14735 2286 2619
1977 48 459 517 107 111 12750 15252 2393 2730
1978 47 465 513 140 153 13215 15765 2533 2883
1979 46 424 475 107 118 13639 16240 2640 3001
1980 45 421 482 130 158 14060 16722 2770 3159
1981 44 411 457 121 132 14471 17179 2891 3291
1982 43 404 449 104 110 14875 17628 2995 3401
1983 42 374 406 117 128 15249 18034 3112 3529
1984 41 317 341 100 106 15566 18375 3212 3635
1985 40 278 307 75 76 15844 18682 3287 3711
1986 39 258 281 95 103 16102 18963 3382 3814
1987 38 240 256 80 87 16342 19219 3462 3901
1988 37 184 195 57 59 16526 19414 3519 3960
1989 36 160 167 60 62 16686 19581 3579 4022
1990 35 116 124 49 50 16802 19705 3628 4072
1991 34 84 90 28 29 16886 19795 3656 4101
1992 33 78 86 33 34 16964 19881 3689 4135
1993 32 54 59 29 32 17018 19940 3718 4167
1994 31 47 48 15 15 17065 19988 3733 4182
1995 30 41 46 14 16 17106 20034 3747 4198
1996 29 19 19 7 7 17125 20053 3754 4205
1997 28 13 13 7 7 17138 20066 3761 4212
1998 27 19 19 12 12 17157 20085 3773 4224
1999 26 7 7 2 2 17164 20092 3775 4226
2000 25 4 4 2 2 17168 20096 3777 4228
2001 24 3 3 0 0 17171 20099 3777 4228
2002 23 2 2 2 2 17173 20101 3779 4230

Male Female Total
Directors 13394 3779 17173
Seats 15871 4230 20101
Average seats 1.185 1.119 1.171
Share of directors 77.99% 22.01% 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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