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 Approvers ([@open-telemetry/python-approvers](https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/teams/python-approvers)):
 
 - [Aaron Abbott](https://github.com/aabmass), Google
+- [Emídio Neto](https://github.com/emdneto), Zenvia
 - [Jeremy Voss](https://github.com/jeremydvoss), Microsoft
 - [Owais Lone](https://github.com/owais), Splunk
 - [Pablo Collins](https://github.com/pmcollins), Splunk