Shareholders of the flagship bank gathered in Frankfurt for its annual meeting as it attempted to underline its achievements and shed light on its plans.
Security staff evicted one protester who tried to interrupt Ackermann's speech with a tin whistle and two others who attempted to unfurl a banner.
Other shareholders also expressed their frustration.
Klaus Nieding of DSW, an association of private investors, urged the bank to settle the succession issue quickly, saying: "I hope you find the right candidate. You should end the speculation."
Deutsche Bank has provided little guidance about who will take over from Ackermann when his term ends in 2013. Investment banking chief Anshu Jain is seen as a favourite candidate, alongside chief risk officer Hugo Baenziger.
But both are based in London, which has hampered their efforts to cultivate German political circles at a time when Berlin and financial markets are struggling to get a grip on the eurozone financial crisis.
The bank's supervisory board chairman, Clemens Boersig, would say only that the bank was following an "orderly process".
Ackermann underlined the bank's milestone acquisitions that helped it achieve near-record earnings in the first quarter and said he would fight lawsuits that had recently hit the bank.
This week, it emerged that New York's attorney-general sought information from Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, UBS and others as part of a probe into mortgage operations. The US government has sued Deutsche for more than $1-billion, accusing it of fraud for repeatedly lying to obtain federal guarantees on mortgages it issued.
The bank has dismissed the lawsuits as being without merit.
"In an organisation of over 100000 people in more than 70 countries around the world, breaches of these principles cannot be eliminated once and for all," Ackermann said.
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