Complex sentence: He was Group Director for Public Policy and Government Affairs for the Royal Bank of Scotland until 2007 and has now taken up the position of Receiver General of Westminster Abbey succeeding Major General David Burden who had held the position since 1999.
Split into simpler sentences: He was Group Director for Public Policy and Government Affairs for the Royal Bank of Scotland until 2007. He has now taken up the position of Receiver General of Westminster Abbey succeeding Major General David Burden who had held the position since 1999.