Complex sentence: The reaction was sufficiently positive to be able to recruit a Director, Dr Michael Norton, on 1 April 1989 and POST was formally established, attracting more resources by 1992 and then recruiting 3 specialist science advisers, beginning its fellowship programme with the UK research councils.
Split into simpler sentences: The reaction was sufficiently positive to be able to recruit a Director, Dr Michael Norton, and in 1989 POST was formally established. It had attracted more resources by 1992 and then recruited 3 specialist science advisers, beginning its fellowship programme with the UK research councils.