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 70 301 403 32 43 1870 2523 200 258
1956 69 255 308 32 36 2125 2831 232 294
1957 68 324 396 44 51 2449 3227 276 345
1958 67 293 360 43 49 2742 3587 319 394
1959 66 300 367 48 57 3042 3954 367 451
1960 65 322 404 64 71 3364 4358 431 522
1961 64 346 404 58 66 3710 4762 489 588
1962 63 520 616 93 100 4230 5378 582 688
1963 62 603 734 91 111 4833 6112 673 799
1964 61 589 722 105 127 5422 6834 778 926
1965 60 571 668 88 95 5993 7502 866 1021
1966 59 512 589 83 98 6505 8091 949 1119
1967 58 521 597 101 118 7026 8688 1050 1237
1968 57 630 732 111 119 7656 9420 1161 1356
1969 56 575 681 106 125 8231 10101 1267 1481
1970 55 635 725 168 192 8866 10826 1435 1673
1971 54 628 732 153 183 9494 11558 1588 1856
1972 53 617 711 161 180 10111 12269 1749 2036
1973 52 576 669 126 141 10687 12938 1875 2177
1974 51 604 667 155 162 11291 13605 2030 2339
1975 50 511 578 138 152 11802 14183 2168 2491
1976 49 484 543 118 127 12286 14726 2286 2618
1977 48 458 516 107 111 12744 15242 2393 2729
1978 47 465 512 140 153 13209 15754 2533 2882
1979 46 424 475 107 118 13633 16229 2640 3000
1980 45 420 481 130 158 14053 16710 2770 3158
1981 44 411 456 121 131 14464 17166 2891 3289
1982 43 403 448 104 110 14867 17614 2995 3399
1983 42 374 406 117 128 15241 18020 3112 3527
1984 41 317 341 100 106 15558 18361 3212 3633
1985 40 278 307 75 76 15836 18668 3287 3709
1986 39 258 281 95 103 16094 18949 3382 3812
1987 38 240 256 80 87 16334 19205 3462 3899
1988 37 184 195 57 59 16518 19400 3519 3958
1989 36 160 167 60 62 16678 19567 3579 4020
1990 35 116 124 49 50 16794 19691 3628 4070
1991 34 84 90 28 29 16878 19781 3656 4099
1992 33 78 86 33 34 16956 19867 3689 4133
1993 32 54 59 29 32 17010 19926 3718 4165
1994 31 47 48 15 15 17057 19974 3733 4180
1995 30 41 46 14 16 17098 20020 3747 4196
1996 29 19 19 7 7 17117 20039 3754 4203
1997 28 13 13 7 7 17130 20052 3761 4210
1998 27 19 19 12 12 17149 20071 3773 4222
1999 26 7 7 2 2 17156 20078 3775 4224
2000 25 4 4 2 2 17160 20082 3777 4226
2001 24 3 3 0 0 17163 20085 3777 4226
2002 23 2 2 2 2 17165 20087 3779 4228

Male Female Total
Directors 13386 3779 17165
Seats 15859 4228 20087
Average seats 1.185 1.119 1.170
Share of directors 77.98% 22.02% 100.00%
Share of seats 78.95% 21.05% 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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