Ambulance Victoria is set to reveal a new boss, more than eight months after the former chief executive departed the role.

9News understands the current head of Ambulance Tasmania, Jordan Emery, will take on the role of chief executive.

A formal announcement is expected in the next couple of days.

Emery’s appointment comes at a turbulent time for the service, which was today forced to confess to breaching COVID-19 restrictions in a second funeral guard of honour involving AV members.

The exact date and circumstances of the second breach is unclear, but the gathering was referred to the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) in 2022.

It’s understood funeral attendance numbers at the time were capped at 10.

Last week, it emerged that 40 staff, including senior managers, attended a guard of honour for a colleague in Bayswater in September 2021.

The matter was referred back to AV, which launched an independent external investigation.

That investigation has now concluded.

AV executive director of regional operations Danielle North said AV had a new leadership team and members involved in organising the gathering no longer work with the organisation.

“These events should not have happened and we regret the impact of these historical events on our people and the broader community,” North said.

”It’s a regrettable set of circumstances, we absolutely share the concern of the community.

“…The community can have confidence that events like this will never happen again.”

North said she was not aware of any other illegal gatherings organised by AV members.

“I would hope that they are the only two events that took place and we will participate in a parliamentary inquiry with any further information should it come to light,” she said.

Premier Jacinta Allan said the two illegal funeral gatherings “should never have taken place”.

“Ambulance Victoria is aware of guards of honour that regrettably took place during a challenging time for all Victorians.

“It’s not appropriate, particularly at a time when Victorians were following the rules.”

Allan insisted she was not aware of the second incident until today.

This event was raised as a submission as part of the Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee Inquiry and will be dealt with as part of that process, AV said.

Whether AV releases its investigation into the incidents is a decision for AV according to Allan, but the opposition wants them made public immediately.

“I hope there are no more, but how do we know? How do we know what went on? How do we know what the investigation found?” shadow health minister Georgie Crozier said.