Complex sentence: Sir Mark Ellis Powell Jones (born 5 February 1951) is a British art historian, numismatist and museum director; from 2001 to 2011 he was director of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Split into simpler sentences: Sir Mark Ellis Powell Jones (born 5 February 1951) is a British art historian, numismatist and museum director. Previously, from 2001 to 2011, he was director of the Victoria and Albert Museum.