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 ### Approvers
 
 - [Dylan Russell](https://github.com/dylanrussell), Google
-- [Emídio Neto](https://github.com/emdneto), PicPay
+- [Emídio Neto](https://github.com/emdneto), Independent
 - [Héctor Hernández](https://github.com/hectorhdzg), Microsoft
 - [Jeremy Voss](https://github.com/jeremydvoss), Microsoft
 - [Liudmila Molkova](https://github.com/lmolkova), Grafana Labs