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
2024
No.
of
dirs
Total
seats
held
Female Female
seats
Cumul-
ative
dirs
Cumul-
ative
seats
Cumul-
ative
females
Cumul-
ative
female
seats
1917 107 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
1919 105 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3
1925 99 1 4 1 4 3 7 3 7
1927 97 1 1 0 0 4 8 3 7
1928 96 1 1 0 0 5 9 3 7
1929 95 1 2 0 0 6 11 3 7
1930 94 2 3 0 0 8 14 3 7
1931 93 1 1 0 0 9 15 3 7
1932 92 1 1 0 0 10 16 3 7
1933 91 2 2 0 0 12 18 3 7
1934 90 6 9 0 0 18 27 3 7
1935 89 5 7 0 0 23 34 3 7
1936 88 10 12 3 3 33 46 6 10
1937 87 10 13 0 0 43 59 6 10
1938 86 18 25 1 1 61 84 7 11
1939 85 17 28 2 2 78 112 9 13
1940 84 24 37 3 3 102 149 12 16
1941 83 28 35 4 5 130 184 16 21
1942 82 29 34 4 6 159 218 20 27
1943 81 38 44 3 3 197 262 23 30
1944 80 51 61 3 3 248 323 26 33
1945 79 65 91 8 10 313 414 34 43
1946 78 92 120 3 3 405 534 37 46
1947 77 90 122 10 11 495 656 47 57
1948 76 128 180 13 18 623 836 60 75
1949 75 135 205 11 15 758 1041 71 90
1950 74 160 213 11 12 918 1254 82 102
1951 73 168 257 18 22 1086 1511 100 124
1952 72 192 247 21 28 1278 1758 121 152
1953 71 202 272 26 37 1480 2030 147 189
1954 70 255 327 23 31 1735 2357 170 220
1955 69 321 431 31 42 2056 2788 201 262
1956 68 275 335 33 37 2331 3123 234 299
1957 67 341 430 46 56 2672 3553 280 355
1958 66 311 382 45 49 2983 3935 325 404
1959 65 305 375 45 51 3288 4310 370 455
1960 64 335 417 58 64 3623 4727 428 519
1961 63 373 440 61 67 3996 5167 489 586
1962 62 538 637 78 84 4534 5804 567 670
1963 61 636 766 76 93 5170 6570 643 763
1964 60 662 815 101 124 5832 7385 744 887
1965 59 588 702 79 85 6420 8087 823 972
1966 58 520 605 75 90 6940 8692 898 1062
1967 57 529 614 98 111 7469 9306 996 1173
1968 56 598 696 99 104 8067 10002 1095 1277
1969 55 596 706 96 112 8663 10708 1191 1389
1970 54 610 697 139 163 9273 11405 1330 1552
1971 53 618 726 133 161 9891 12131 1463 1713
1972 52 603 687 140 154 10494 12818 1603 1867
1973 51 591 683 122 129 11085 13501 1725 1996
1974 50 579 645 130 134 11664 14146 1855 2130
1975 49 490 564 119 134 12154 14710 1974 2264
1976 48 448 502 97 101 12602 15212 2071 2365
1977 47 447 503 99 104 13049 15715 2170 2469
1978 46 420 469 115 127 13469 16184 2285 2596
1979 45 395 455 100 112 13864 16639 2385 2708
1980 44 393 448 114 131 14257 17087 2499 2839
1981 43 377 427 109 119 14634 17514 2608 2958
1982 42 359 405 87 92 14993 17919 2695 3050
1983 41 337 367 99 107 15330 18286 2794 3157
1984 40 258 278 77 79 15588 18564 2871 3236
1985 39 249 280 63 63 15837 18844 2934 3299
1986 38 225 241 69 72 16062 19085 3003 3371
1987 37 207 222 59 66 16269 19307 3062 3437
1988 36 151 161 44 45 16420 19468 3106 3482
1989 35 127 132 45 45 16547 19600 3151 3527
1990 34 92 100 36 37 16639 19700 3187 3564
1991 33 70 77 22 24 16709 19777 3209 3588
1992 32 69 72 25 25 16778 19849 3234 3613
1993 31 41 45 15 16 16819 19894 3249 3629
1994 30 39 39 11 11 16858 19933 3260 3640
1995 29 31 35 10 11 16889 19968 3270 3651
1996 28 9 9 3 3 16898 19977 3273 3654
1997 27 12 12 6 6 16910 19989 3279 3660
1998 26 10 10 6 6 16920 19999 3285 3666
1999 25 6 6 2 2 16926 20005 3287 3668
2000 24 2 2 1 1 16928 20007 3288 3669
2001 23 2 2 0 0 16930 20009 3288 3669

Male Female Total
Directors 13642 3288 16930
Seats 16340 3669 20009
Average seats 1.198 1.116 1.182
Share of directors 80.58% 19.42% 100.00%
Share of seats 81.66% 18.34% 100.00%
Average age in 2024 55.9 51.5 55.1

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


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