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 77 122 180 9 12 668 910 67 84
1950 76 144 188 11 12 812 1098 78 96
1951 75 157 238 15 19 969 1336 93 115
1952 74 174 225 22 29 1143 1561 115 144
1953 73 188 253 26 36 1331 1814 141 180
1954 72 231 290 25 33 1562 2104 166 213
1955 71 296 395 32 42 1858 2499 198 255
1956 70 252 304 32 36 2110 2803 230 291
1957 69 322 394 43 50 2432 3197 273 341
1958 68 290 356 42 48 2722 3553 315 389
1959 67 296 362 48 57 3018 3915 363 446
1960 66 320 399 63 69 3338 4314 426 515
1961 65 345 403 58 66 3683 4717 484 581
1962 64 516 610 93 100 4199 5327 577 681
1963 63 600 731 90 110 4799 6058 667 791
1964 62 587 719 104 126 5386 6777 771 917
1965 61 558 654 87 94 5944 7431 858 1011
1966 60 509 584 83 97 6453 8015 941 1108
1967 59 515 590 99 116 6968 8605 1040 1224
1968 58 619 718 109 117 7587 9323 1149 1341
1969 57 570 675 105 124 8157 9998 1254 1465
1970 56 625 715 164 188 8782 10713 1418 1653
1971 55 619 719 148 177 9401 11432 1566 1830
1972 54 610 703 160 179 10011 12135 1726 2009
1973 53 572 664 126 140 10583 12799 1852 2149
1974 52 599 661 154 161 11182 13460 2006 2310
1975 51 505 572 138 152 11687 14032 2144 2462
1976 50 479 537 117 126 12166 14569 2261 2588
1977 49 453 509 107 111 12619 15078 2368 2699
1978 48 462 509 140 153 13081 15587 2508 2852
1979 47 416 466 105 116 13497 16053 2613 2968
1980 46 418 478 128 155 13915 16531 2741 3123
1981 45 407 452 119 129 14322 16983 2860 3252
1982 44 394 438 102 108 14716 17421 2962 3360
1983 43 370 401 117 127 15086 17822 3079 3487
1984 42 313 338 98 104 15399 18160 3177 3591
1985 41 274 303 75 76 15673 18463 3252 3667
1986 40 254 277 93 101 15927 18740 3345 3768
1987 39 237 253 79 86 16164 18993 3424 3854
1988 38 181 191 55 57 16345 19184 3479 3911
1989 37 160 167 60 62 16505 19351 3539 3973
1990 36 116 123 49 50 16621 19474 3588 4023
1991 35 84 90 28 29 16705 19564 3616 4052
1992 34 77 85 33 34 16782 19649 3649 4086
1993 33 53 58 28 31 16835 19707 3677 4117
1994 32 47 48 15 15 16882 19755 3692 4132
1995 31 41 46 14 16 16923 19801 3706 4148
1996 30 19 19 7 7 16942 19820 3713 4155
1997 29 13 13 7 7 16955 19833 3720 4162
1998 28 19 19 12 12 16974 19852 3732 4174
1999 27 7 7 2 2 16981 19859 3734 4176
2000 26 4 4 2 2 16985 19863 3736 4178
2001 25 3 3 0 0 16988 19866 3736 4178
2002 24 2 2 2 2 16990 19868 3738 4180

Male Female Total
Directors 13252 3738 16990
Seats 15688 4180 19868
Average seats 1.184 1.118 1.169
Share of directors 78.00% 22.00% 100.00%
Share of seats 78.96% 21.04% 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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