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Distribution of HK-listed directors by age

This table summarises the age distribution of current directors of current HK primary-listed companies. To see a list of the oldest or youngest such directors, click here.

Year of birth Age in 2013 Number of Directors Total seats held Cumulative directors Cumulative seats Female Female seats Cumulative females Cumulative female seats
1917 96 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
1921 92 1 2 2 4 0 0 1 2
1923 90 2 6 4 10 0 0 1 2
1924 89 2 4 6 14 0 0 1 2
1925 88 4 13 10 27 1 4 2 6
1927 86 1 5 11 32 0 0 2 6
1928 85 3 10 14 42 0 0 2 6
1929 84 3 6 17 48 0 0 2 6
1930 83 3 8 20 56 0 0 2 6
1931 82 2 4 22 60 0 0 2 6
1932 81 2 6 24 66 0 0 2 6
1933 80 3 7 27 73 0 0 2 6
1934 79 4 13 31 86 0 0 2 6
1935 78 7 21 38 107 0 0 2 6
1936 77 7 18 45 125 0 0 2 6
1937 76 9 26 54 151 0 0 2 6
1938 75 11 28 65 179 0 0 2 6
1939 74 13 45 78 224 1 3 3 9
1940 73 16 56 94 280 1 3 4 12
1941 72 18 57 112 337 0 0 4 12
1942 71 17 45 129 382 2 5 6 17
1943 70 13 39 142 421 0 0 6 17
1944 69 20 54 162 475 1 2 7 19
1945 68 31 100 193 575 2 11 9 30
1946 67 31 84 224 659 0 0 9 30
1947 66 38 109 262 768 4 9 13 39
1948 65 45 149 307 917 5 12 18 51
1949 64 48 175 355 1092 2 5 20 56
1950 63 54 151 409 1243 2 4 22 60
1951 62 52 157 461 1400 2 5 24 65
1952 61 49 143 510 1543 4 11 28 76
1953 60 51 141 561 1684 8 24 36 100
1954 59 61 151 622 1835 2 4 38 104
1955 58 63 176 685 2011 2 6 40 110
1956 57 53 130 738 2141 4 9 44 119
1957 56 49 136 787 2277 4 10 48 129
1958 55 50 125 837 2402 5 13 53 142
1959 54 39 105 876 2507 2 4 55 146
1960 53 43 119 919 2626 1 3 56 149
1961 52 45 120 964 2746 2 4 58 153
1962 51 56 164 1020 2910 4 9 62 162
1963 50 60 151 1080 3061 5 12 67 174
1964 49 52 147 1132 3208 9 21 76 195
1965 48 52 134 1184 3342 6 15 82 210
1966 47 30 81 1214 3423 3 6 85 216
1967 46 24 67 1238 3490 3 7 88 223
1968 45 30 86 1268 3576 3 6 91 229
1969 44 38 97 1306 3673 5 11 96 240
1970 43 35 78 1341 3751 2 5 98 245
1971 42 29 73 1370 3824 5 11 103 256
1972 41 20 44 1390 3868 3 6 106 262
1973 40 20 51 1410 3919 1 3 107 265
1974 39 20 46 1430 3965 4 9 111 274
1975 38 8 16 1438 3981 1 2 112 276
1976 37 10 20 1448 4001 0 0 112 276
1977 36 5 15 1453 4016 1 3 113 279
1978 35 7 18 1460 4034 2 5 115 284
1979 34 6 18 1466 4052 3 7 118 291
1980 33 5 11 1471 4063 3 6 121 297
1981 32 5 13 1476 4076 2 4 123 301
1982 31 2 7 1478 4083 0 0 123 301
1983 30 2 5 1480 4088 0 0 123 301
1984 29 1 2 1481 4090 1 2 124 303
1985 28 3 7 1484 4097 0 0 124 303

Male Female Total
Directors 1360 124 1484
Seats 3794 303 4097
Average seats 2.790 2.444 2.761
Share of directors 91.64% 8.36% 100.00%
Share of seats 92.60% 7.40% 100.00%
Average age in 2012 56.6 52.1 56.2

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


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