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
2026		 No.
of
dirs		 Total
seats
held		 Female Female
seats		 Cumul-
ative
dirs		 Cumul-
ative
seats		 Cumul-
ative
females		 Cumul-
ative
female
seats
1917 109 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
1919 107 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3
1925 101 1 4 1 4 3 7 3 7
1930 96 2 3 0 0 5 10 3 7
1932 94 1 1 0 0 6 11 3 7
1933 93 1 1 0 0 7 12 3 7
1934 92 5 8 0 0 12 20 3 7
1935 91 4 5 0 0 16 25 3 7
1936 90 9 11 2 2 25 36 5 9
1937 89 8 12 0 0 33 48 5 9
1938 88 15 20 1 1 48 68 6 10
1939 87 13 23 2 2 61 91 8 12
1940 86 22 33 3 3 83 124 11 15
1941 85 22 29 4 5 105 153 15 20
1942 84 23 28 4 6 128 181 19 26
1943 83 33 39 3 3 161 220 22 29
1944 82 42 48 3 3 203 268 25 32
1945 81 58 81 8 10 261 349 33 42
1946 80 86 109 3 3 347 458 36 45
1947 79 81 106 9 10 428 564 45 55
1948 78 118 166 13 17 546 730 58 72
1949 77 124 182 10 13 670 912 68 85
1950 76 144 188 11 12 814 1100 79 97
1951 75 157 238 15 19 971 1338 94 116
1952 74 174 225 22 29 1145 1563 116 145
1953 73 188 253 26 36 1333 1816 142 181
1954 72 231 290 25 33 1564 2106 167 214
1955 71 297 396 32 42 1861 2502 199 256
1956 70 252 304 32 36 2113 2806 231 292
1957 69 322 394 43 50 2435 3200 274 342
1958 68 290 356 42 48 2725 3556 316 390
1959 67 298 364 48 57 3023 3920 364 447
1960 66 320 399 63 69 3343 4319 427 516
1961 65 345 403 58 66 3688 4722 485 582
1962 64 516 610 93 100 4204 5332 578 682
1963 63 601 732 90 110 4805 6064 668 792
1964 62 587 719 104 126 5392 6783 772 918
1965 61 559 655 87 94 5951 7438 859 1012
1966 60 509 585 83 97 6460 8023 942 1109
1967 59 516 591 99 116 6976 8614 1041 1225
1968 58 621 720 110 118 7597 9334 1151 1343
1969 57 570 675 105 124 8167 10009 1256 1467
1970 56 628 718 164 188 8795 10727 1420 1655
1971 55 620 720 149 178 9415 11447 1569 1833
1972 54 611 704 161 180 10026 12151 1730 2013
1973 53 573 665 126 140 10599 12816 1856 2153
1974 52 600 662 154 161 11199 13478 2010 2314
1975 51 507 574 138 152 11706 14052 2148 2466
1976 50 480 538 117 126 12186 14590 2265 2592
1977 49 453 509 107 111 12639 15099 2372 2703
1978 48 462 509 140 153 13101 15608 2512 2856
1979 47 417 467 105 116 13518 16075 2617 2972
1980 46 419 479 129 156 13937 16554 2746 3128
1981 45 408 453 120 130 14345 17007 2866 3258
1982 44 395 439 102 108 14740 17446 2968 3366
1983 43 370 401 117 127 15110 17847 3085 3493
1984 42 313 338 98 104 15423 18185 3183 3597
1985 41 274 303 75 76 15697 18488 3258 3673
1986 40 254 277 93 101 15951 18765 3351 3774
1987 39 238 254 80 87 16189 19019 3431 3861
1988 38 181 191 55 57 16370 19210 3486 3918
1989 37 160 167 60 62 16530 19377 3546 3980
1990 36 116 123 49 50 16646 19500 3595 4030
1991 35 84 90 28 29 16730 19590 3623 4059
1992 34 77 85 33 34 16807 19675 3656 4093
1993 33 53 58 28 31 16860 19733 3684 4124
1994 32 47 48 15 15 16907 19781 3699 4139
1995 31 41 46 14 16 16948 19827 3713 4155
1996 30 19 19 7 7 16967 19846 3720 4162
1997 29 13 13 7 7 16980 19859 3727 4169
1998 28 19 19 12 12 16999 19878 3739 4181
1999 27 7 7 2 2 17006 19885 3741 4183
2000 26 4 4 2 2 17010 19889 3743 4185
2001 25 3 3 0 0 17013 19892 3743 4185
2002 24 2 2 2 2 17015 19894 3745 4187

Male Female Total
Directors 13270 3745 17015
Seats 15707 4187 19894
Average seats 1.184 1.118 1.169
Share of directors 77.99% 22.01% 100.00%
Share of seats 78.95% 21.05% 100.00%
Average age in 2026 57.2 52.7 56.2

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

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