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 ### Approvers
 
+- [Damien Mathieu](https://github.com/dmathieu), Elastic
 - [Florian Lehner](https://github.com/florianl), Elastic
 - [Joel Höner](https://github.com/athre0z)
 - [Tim Rühsen](https://github.com/rockdaboot), Elastic
-- [Damien Mathieu](https://github.com/dmathieu), Elastic
 
 For more information about the approver role, see the [community repository](https://github.com/open-telemetry/community/blob/main/guides/contributor/membership.md#approver).