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
? ? 3 3 1 1 3 3 1 1
1917 109 1 2 1 2 4 5 2 3
1919 107 1 1 1 1 5 6 3 4
1925 101 1 4 1 4 6 10 4 8
1930 96 2 3 0 0 8 13 4 8
1932 94 1 1 0 0 9 14 4 8
1933 93 1 1 0 0 10 15 4 8
1934 92 5 8 0 0 15 23 4 8
1935 91 4 5 0 0 19 28 4 8
1936 90 9 11 2 2 28 39 6 10
1937 89 8 12 0 0 36 51 6 10
1938 88 15 20 1 1 51 71 7 11
1939 87 13 23 2 2 64 94 9 13
1940 86 22 33 3 3 86 127 12 16
1941 85 22 29 4 5 108 156 16 21
1942 84 23 28 4 6 131 184 20 27
1943 83 33 39 3 3 164 223 23 30
1944 82 41 47 3 3 205 270 26 33
1945 81 57 80 8 10 262 350 34 43
1946 80 86 109 3 3 348 459 37 46
1947 79 79 103 9 10 427 562 46 56
1948 78 118 166 13 17 545 728 59 73
1949 77 122 179 9 12 667 907 68 85
1950 76 143 187 11 12 810 1094 79 97
1951 75 156 236 14 18 966 1330 93 115
1952 74 174 225 22 29 1140 1555 115 144
1953 73 186 250 26 35 1326 1805 141 179
1954 72 229 289 25 33 1555 2094 166 212
1955 71 294 392 32 42 1849 2486 198 254
1956 70 252 304 32 36 2101 2790 230 290
1957 69 321 392 43 50 2422 3182 273 340
1958 68 290 356 42 48 2712 3538 315 388
1959 67 292 356 48 56 3004 3894 363 444
1960 66 318 397 63 70 3322 4291 426 514
1961 65 345 403 58 66 3667 4694 484 580
1962 64 513 607 93 100 4180 5301 577 680
1963 63 597 729 89 111 4777 6030 666 791
1964 62 580 713 103 125 5357 6743 769 916
1965 61 551 647 83 90 5908 7390 852 1006
1966 60 504 579 83 96 6412 7969 935 1102
1967 59 510 585 97 114 6922 8554 1032 1216
1968 58 614 712 105 112 7536 9266 1137 1328
1969 57 567 667 104 122 8103 9933 1241 1450
1970 56 626 716 164 188 8729 10649 1405 1638
1971 55 615 714 149 178 9344 11363 1554 1816
1972 54 608 700 159 178 9952 12063 1713 1994
1973 53 569 663 125 139 10521 12726 1838 2133
1974 52 601 661 155 162 11122 13387 1993 2295
1975 51 500 567 135 149 11622 13954 2128 2444
1976 50 480 536 116 125 12102 14490 2244 2569
1977 49 452 508 108 112 12554 14998 2352 2681
1978 48 462 507 140 152 13016 15505 2492 2833
1979 47 414 462 105 116 13430 15967 2597 2949
1980 46 415 473 128 154 13845 16440 2725 3103
1981 45 405 450 119 129 14250 16890 2844 3232
1982 44 393 435 102 107 14643 17325 2946 3339
1983 43 369 400 116 126 15012 17725 3062 3465
1984 42 310 335 98 104 15322 18060 3160 3569
1985 41 273 302 75 76 15595 18362 3235 3645
1986 40 253 275 92 100 15848 18637 3327 3745
1987 39 234 248 78 84 16082 18885 3405 3829
1988 38 177 187 54 56 16259 19072 3459 3885
1989 37 159 166 60 62 16418 19238 3519 3947
1990 36 116 123 49 50 16534 19361 3568 3997
1991 35 83 89 28 29 16617 19450 3596 4026
1992 34 76 84 33 34 16693 19534 3629 4060
1993 33 52 57 27 30 16745 19591 3656 4090
1994 32 46 47 15 15 16791 19638 3671 4105
1995 31 40 45 14 16 16831 19683 3685 4121
1996 30 19 19 7 7 16850 19702 3692 4128
1997 29 13 13 7 7 16863 19715 3699 4135
1998 28 19 19 12 12 16882 19734 3711 4147
1999 27 7 7 2 2 16889 19741 3713 4149
2000 26 4 4 2 2 16893 19745 3715 4151
2001 25 3 3 0 0 16896 19748 3715 4151
2002 24 2 2 2 2 16898 19750 3717 4153

Male Female Total
Directors 13181 3717 16898
Seats 15597 4153 19750
Average seats 1.183 1.117 1.169
Share of directors 78.00% 22.00% 100.00%
Share of seats 78.97% 21.03% 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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