Katrien Bottez is Creative Director at Happiness Brussels. She began her career as Creative Director at Duval Guillaume in 2005. In 2012, she teamed up with Geoffrey Hantson. The agency was not only voted 'Agency of the Year' 3 times in a row but also succeeded in winning the highest international praise for its campaigns, year after year, at advertising festivals such as The One Show, Cannes Lions, Eurobest, Clio, Lia, and D&AD. Named ‘One of the 25 most creative people in the global advertising industry’ by Business Insider, in 2013 she leaped to first place on that list. Katrien lives by a quote from her father: be brave and polite. It helps her both in life and work.