diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 95f515860..b79425ba9 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 #  https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-code-owners
 #
 
-* @SergeyKanzhelev @lmolkova @discostu105 @bruno-garcia @MikeGoldsmith @cijothomas
+* @bruno-garcia @cijothomas @discostu105 @lmolkova @MikeGoldsmith @pjanotti @SergeyKanzhelev
 
-# Triagers (issues only): @reyang
\ No newline at end of file
+# Triagers (issues only): @reyang
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07acfe29a..a197438cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Approvers ([@open-telemetry/dotnet-approvers](https://github.com/orgs/open-telem
 - [Christoph Neumueller](https://github.com/discostu105), Dynatrace
 - [Cijo Thomas](https://github.com/cijothomas), Microsoft
 - [Liudmila Molkova](https://github.com/lmolkova), Microsoft
+- [Paulo Janotti](https://github.com/pjanotti), Splunk
 
 Triagers: