Dato’ Ir. Rajendran Anthony was born in Penang Island and is a civil engineer by profession. He started his career at the Municipal Council of Penang Island (now the City Council of Penang Island) in 1986. He has a B.Eng (Hons) degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. In 2002, he was seconded to the State Economic Planning Unit to Head of the Traffic Section. Subsequently he was appointed as the General Manager of the State Public Transport Company in 2007. He returned to the City Council in 2009 as the Chief Engineer and was promoted to the Deputy Director of Engineering post in 2011 and the Director in 2018.

Based on his experience and performance in various positions and capacities, Ir. Rajendran was appointed as the City Secretary in 2022 has held the helm of the City Council of Penang Island as the Mayor from May 2023. His vision is to make Penang Island a Progressive, Resilient and Happy City.

Ir. Rajendran is an experienced engineer in Highways and Bridges Construction, Traffic Planning and Management, Public Transport Planning and Operation; and Solid Waste Operations and Management. He also oversees the Digital Transformation of the City Council of Penang Island. He is a professional engineer with practising certificate registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia. In 2024, he was conferred the Honorary Fellow of The Institution of Engineers Malaysia for his contributions to the engineering profession and the institution.