diff --git a/.github/auto_assign.yml b/.github/auto_assign.yml
index 6c48102bd729..e178fdd07cd0 100644
--- a/.github/auto_assign.yml
+++ b/.github/auto_assign.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ assigneeGroups:
   approvers_maintainers:
     # Approvers
     - atoulme
+    - ChrsMark
     # - crobert-1 on leave
     - dashpole
     - mwear
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77791d4f7424..ab7b48fc23b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 Triagers ([@open-telemetry/collector-contrib-triagers](https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/teams/collector-contrib-triagers))
 
 - [Benedikt Bongartz](https://github.com/frzifus), Red Hat
-- [Christos Markou](https://github.com/ChrsMark), Elastic
 - [Jared Tan](https://github.com/JaredTan95), DaoCloud
 - [Murphy Chen](https://github.com/Frapschen), DaoCloud
 - [Paulo Janotti](https://github.com/pjanotti), Splunk
@@ -87,6 +86,7 @@ Emeritus Triagers:
 Approvers ([@open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers](https://github.com/orgs/open-telemetry/teams/collector-contrib-approvers)):
 
 - [Antoine Toulme](https://github.com/atoulme), Splunk
+- [Christos Markou](https://github.com/ChrsMark), Elastic
 - [Curtis Robert](https://github.com/crobert-1), Splunk (on leave)
 - [David Ashpole](https://github.com/dashpole), Google
 - [Matt Wear](https://github.com/mwear), Lightstep