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 32 38 3 3 163 222 23 30
1944 82 41 47 3 3 204 269 26 33
1945 81 57 80 8 10 261 349 34 43
1946 80 86 109 3 3 347 458 37 46
1947 79 79 103 9 10 426 561 46 56
1948 78 118 166 13 17 544 727 59 73
1949 77 122 179 9 12 666 906 68 85
1950 76 143 187 11 12 809 1093 79 97
1951 75 156 236 14 18 965 1329 93 115
1952 74 173 224 22 29 1138 1553 115 144
1953 73 186 250 26 35 1324 1803 141 179
1954 72 229 289 25 33 1553 2092 166 212
1955 71 293 392 32 42 1846 2484 198 254
1956 70 252 304 32 36 2098 2788 230 290
1957 69 321 392 43 50 2419 3180 273 340
1958 68 289 355 42 48 2708 3535 315 388
1959 67 292 355 48 56 3000 3890 363 444
1960 66 316 395 62 69 3316 4285 425 513
1961 65 345 403 58 66 3661 4688 483 579
1962 64 513 607 93 100 4174 5295 576 679
1963 63 597 729 89 111 4771 6024 665 790
1964 62 578 711 103 125 5349 6735 768 915
1965 61 549 645 82 89 5898 7380 850 1004
1966 60 501 576 83 96 6399 7956 933 1100
1967 59 509 585 96 114 6908 8541 1029 1214
1968 58 613 711 104 111 7521 9252 1133 1325
1969 57 566 666 104 122 8087 9918 1237 1447
1970 56 626 716 164 188 8713 10634 1401 1635
1971 55 613 711 149 178 9326 11345 1550 1813
1972 54 606 698 159 178 9932 12043 1709 1991
1973 53 567 661 124 138 10499 12704 1833 2129
1974 52 601 661 155 162 11100 13365 1988 2291
1975 51 497 564 133 147 11597 13929 2121 2438
1976 50 479 535 116 125 12076 14464 2237 2563
1977 49 452 507 108 112 12528 14971 2345 2675
1978 48 460 505 140 152 12988 15476 2485 2827
1979 47 413 461 104 115 13401 15937 2589 2942
1980 46 415 473 128 154 13816 16410 2717 3096
1981 45 401 445 117 127 14217 16855 2834 3223
1982 44 392 434 102 107 14609 17289 2936 3330
1983 43 369 400 116 126 14978 17689 3052 3456
1984 42 307 332 98 104 15285 18021 3150 3560
1985 41 271 299 75 76 15556 18320 3225 3636
1986 40 253 275 92 100 15809 18595 3317 3736
1987 39 232 246 76 82 16041 18841 3393 3818
1988 38 176 186 54 56 16217 19027 3447 3874
1989 37 158 165 59 61 16375 19192 3506 3935
1990 36 114 120 49 49 16489 19312 3555 3984
1991 35 81 87 27 28 16570 19399 3582 4012
1992 34 74 82 32 33 16644 19481 3614 4045
1993 33 52 57 27 30 16696 19538 3641 4075
1994 32 46 47 15 15 16742 19585 3656 4090
1995 31 40 45 14 16 16782 19630 3670 4106
1996 30 19 19 7 7 16801 19649 3677 4113
1997 29 13 13 7 7 16814 19662 3684 4120
1998 28 19 19 12 12 16833 19681 3696 4132
1999 27 7 7 2 2 16840 19688 3698 4134
2000 26 4 4 2 2 16844 19692 3700 4136
2001 25 3 3 0 0 16847 19695 3700 4136
2002 24 2 2 2 2 16849 19697 3702 4138

Male Female Total
Directors 13147 3702 16849
Seats 15559 4138 19697
Average seats 1.183 1.118 1.169
Share of directors 78.03% 21.97% 100.00%
Share of seats 78.99% 21.01% 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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